portents

英 [ˈpɔːtənts]

美 [ˈpɔrˌtɛnts]

n.  预兆; 征兆; 先兆; (尤指)恶兆，凶兆
portent的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 预兆；征兆
  Aportentis something that indicates what is likely to happen in the future.
  1. The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region...
     那里发生的野蛮内战可能预示这一地区其他地方将会发生什么。
  2. I hope this is a portent for the rest of the year...
     我希望这对今年余下的时间是个兆头。
  3. As for her engagement with Adam, I would say the portents are gloomy.
     至于她和亚当的婚约，我看兆头不妙。

双语例句

• And that's what the movie is about: atmosphere, ominous portents, the erosion of Teddy's confidence and even his identity.
  并且，这正是电影所要描述：气氛，不祥之兆，泰德遭侵蚀的信心，甚至还有他的身份。
• As for her engagement with Adam, I would say the portents are gloomy.
  至于她和亚当的婚约，我看兆头不妙。
• Frequent varicella zoster reactivation associated with therapeutic use of arsenic trioxide: Portents of an old scourge
  频发水痘-带状疱疹病毒再激活与三氧化二砷治疗性应用相关：一个老问题的先兆
• Many are the portents and the signs.
  这里有太多太多的征兆和迹象。
• By performing samyama on the two types of karma, active and dormant, or upon omens and portents, the exact time of death can be predicted.
  对当前和休眠的业，或对预兆与征兆作三夜摩（冥想），能预知死亡的准确时间。
• These are portents; but yet I hope.
  这便是它的征兆，可是我希望。
• These records are generally made of portents and validations based on the cause-and-effect relationship between the two.
  征应的产生建立在二者之间的因果关系上，可以分为“有征必有应”和“有应才有征”两种。
• The portents cannot be ignored.
  这些征兆不可忽视。
• But there is an argument for looking at such oddities as portents for the future.
  但是，有理由将这样怪异之事视为未来走向的征兆。
• Amazed that he ignored the portents for so long.
  对他这么长时间忽视这些预兆感到惊讶。