| 词汇 |
portent |
| 释义 |
portent noun /ˈpɔːtent/ /ˈpɔːrtent/ (literary)- a sign or warning of something that is going to happen in the future, especially when it is something unpleasant预兆；征兆；先兆；（尤指）恶兆，凶兆 synonym omen
- The event proved to be a portent of the disaster that was to come.这一事件被证明是即将到来的灾难的预兆。
- We shall try to reach an agreement but the portents are not good.我们将努力达成协议，但前景不妙。
词源late 16th cent.: from Latin portentum ‘omen, token’, from the verb portendere, based on pro- ‘forth’ + tendere ‘stretch’.
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