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
- 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。 - 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。 - But now business is slowing again – and experts fear that may presage a hard landing for the whole country.
但是现在这个行业又一次萎靡了&专家们担忧这很可能是整个国家经济衰退的一个前兆。 - Such incidents often presage war.
那样的（政治性）事件常成为战争的前兆。 - 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。 - There is no warning, no presage, perhaps you are waiting for a genuine youth, age will not be used to divide, perhaps you would say: maintain their youth! Or: Say bye bye to it!
没有任何的警告，没有预兆，也许你在等待一个真正的青春，不会用年龄来定义的，也许你会说：永葆青春！ - Jason Hall, who wrote the movie screenplay, said the scene was meant to both show Kyle in recovery and presage the violence that was about to occur off-screen.
影片编剧杰森·霍尔（JasonHall）说，安排这样一个场景是为了说明凯尔在复原中，同时也预示了即将在画外发生的暴力。 - The incident is believed to presage war.
这件事件据信是战争的前兆。 - 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。