presage
英 [ˈpresɪdʒ]
美 [ˈpresɪdʒ]
v. 预兆,警示,预言(尤指不祥之事)
n. 预示,预兆,预感
过去式:presaged 第三人称单数:presages 现在分词:presaging 过去分词:presaged
BNC.19094 / COCA.20147
牛津词典
verb
- 预兆,警示,预言(尤指不祥之事)
to be a warning or sign that sth will happen, usually sth unpleasant
柯林斯词典
- VERB 预示;预兆;警示
If somethingpresagesa situation or event, it is considered to be a warning or sign of what is about to happen.- ...the dawn's loud chorus that seemed to presage a bright hot summer's day.
似乎预示着今天会是一个阳光灿烂的炎炎夏日的清晨嘹亮的鸟叫声
- ...the dawn's loud chorus that seemed to presage a bright hot summer's day.
英英释义
noun
- a sign of something about to happen
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- a foreboding about what is about to happen
verb
- indicate by signs
- These signs bode bad news
双语例句
- By certain signs we may presage of heats and rains.
靠某种迹象,我们可以预测酷热和下雨。 - An antisivially strong Peso may presage serious problems for the country.
靠人为作用变得坚挺的比索可能预示着国家存在严重的问题。 - Such incidents often presage war.
那样的(政治性)事件常成为战争的前兆。 - Together they presage a second Internet revolution that could have far reaching effects on the way we work and live.
以上产品和服务,预示了第二代因特网革命,它将对我们的工作和生活方式产生深远的影响。 - Investors have reacted with alarm to signs that Chinese developers are struggling to fund their operations – fearing it could presage a collapse of the sector.
有迹象显示,中国房地产开发商在获得经营所需的资金方面正遭遇困难,对此投资者在震惊之下作出反应,担心这种情况可能预示着该行业的崩盘。 - On that day, catkins were flying in the air of Beijing, like snow, also like the presage in my pursuit.
那一天,北京的天空中飞扬着柳絮,如雪,亦如我所追寻的预言。 - The announcement seemed to presage a sudden and startling end to the conflict.
这个宣言看来预示着突然而又令人吃惊地结束冲突。 - The surge in lending could presage faster growth and higher inflation this year if left unchecked.
若不采取对策,放贷激增可能预示着今年增长加快、通胀上扬。 - These responses contrasted with praise of the accord from India and China, and may presage problems for the United Nations in keeping the fragile alliances formed in Copenhagen together.
这些反应与印度和中国对协议的称赞形成了对比,可能预示着联合国难以维系在哥本哈根形成的脆弱联盟。 - Going through crisscross footpaths between fields, wherever our fingerprints reach, wherever the oldest presage will show.
纵横阡陌,我们的指纹印在哪里,哪里就会显露最古老的预言。