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
- On past form the slowdown seemed likely to presage a long slump.
从过去的经验来看，这种下降很可能是经济大萧条的预兆。 - Yet the plight of the news business does not presage the end of news.
但新闻产业如今面临的困境并不预示着新闻的终结。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Such incidents often presage war.
那样的（政治性）事件常成为战争的前兆。 - A beautiful girl suddenly came to an early death, she had folded time, you said it was presage.
一个绝美的少女突然夭折，她曾折叠时间，你说那就是预言。 - German finds that, in the road, the chimney sweepers, they presage a day good luck.
德国人认定，在路上碰到了烟囱清扫工，便预示着一天要交好运。 - Never insert chopsticks upright onto the vessels for food, as this will be viewed as an evil presage and will sustain the disapproval of the seniors.
决不要将筷子垂直地插在乘放食物的器皿上，因为这会被认为是一种邪恶的预兆，而且将会引起老人的不满。 - To indicate or give warning of beforehand; presage.
预示事先暗示或警告；预言。