harbingers

英 [ˈhɑːbɪndʒəz]

美 [ˈhɑrbɪŋərz]

n.  (常指坏的)预兆，兆头
harbinger的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指不祥的）先兆，预兆
  Something that is aharbinger ofsomething else, especially something bad, is a sign that it is going to happen.
  1. The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
     11月的空气刺痛了我的脸颊，预示着冬天就要来临。

双语例句

• AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages-Susan Sontag.
  爱滋病是地球村反面乌托邦式的先驱-苏珊·桑塔格。
• The Harbingers Example of Art Of The Literature Works From Dunhuang
  敦煌文学艺术性先驱作用例说
• To a certain degree, his philosophy coincidentally harbingers and echoes Sartrean existentialist concepts.
  在某种程度上，他的哲学思想预示着萨特式存在主义观念并与之相呼应。
• Bluebirds, he would say, are harbingers of hope and triumph, renowned for family loyalty.
  他常常说，蓝鸟是希望和胜利的前兆，以对家庭的忠诚而出名。
• As canaries in coal mines go, mining shares tend to be reliable harbingers of a sell-off in industrial commodities in a downturn.
  在煤矿里用金丝雀来预警的时代已经过去，矿业股正成为经济下滑时工业用大宗商品是否会遭抛售的可靠预兆。
• Investors and first-time buyers, the traditional harbingers of a housing rebound, are out in force here, competing for bargain-price foreclosures.
  对投资者和初次购买者来说，传统的房屋反弹预兆已经失效，在交易价中争夺丧失抵押赎回权。
• And beware all who descend from those skies, for they are the harbingers of death and destruction.
  同时要提防从那些天空下来的所有东西，因为那是死亡和毁灭的先兆。
• I suppose both grades were harbingers, since as President I did a good job with the nations economy and a poor job with my personal economic situation, at least until I left the White House.
  我想这两个成绩是一种预兆，因为作为总统，我在国家经济方面干得卓有成效，但在个人经济状况上却相当糟糕，至少在我离开白宫之前是这么回事。
• A deep and rich cultural scene and a vast, broad geographical face are often reliable harbingers of one tasty aspect of a country's tourist allure: cuisine.
  深厚丰富的文化景观和博大广阔的地理风貌往往预示着一个国家的旅游业中拥有颇具吸引力的一面：美食。
• On those terms it cannot have a pre-modern history, only harbingers ( such as stewards).
  对这些条款不能有一个前现代历史上，只有预示（如管理者）。