| 词汇 | portended |
| 释义 | portended past simple and past participle ofportend portend verb[ T ] formaluk /pɔːˈtend/ us /pɔːrˈtend/ to be a sign that something bad is likely to happen in the future: 预示，预兆，预告（坏事） It was a deeply superstitious country, where earthquakes were commonly believed to portend the end of dynasties.这是一个很迷信的国家，地震被普遍认为预示着王朝的终结。 Synonyms augurformal betokenold use bodeformal foreshadowformal prefigureformal presageformal Predicting things and intuition augur augury bellwether betcha bode herald horizon scanning hunch inkling instinct prefigure premonition premonitory presage prescience telepathically telepathy there's no knowing/telling/sayingidiom unforeseeable unintuitively Related wordportent Examples of portendedportended In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is important to capture in some detail the full import of this failure and the tragedy it portended. The reality is the situation as it exists and as it is portended in certain towns, cities and areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless there is a more robust, credible and fully explained regulatory impact assessment, the concern must be that eventual costs will substantially outstrip those currently portended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The glassy sea, humid atmosphere, and falling barometer portended the approaching engagement between ship and her relentlessly violent foes, sea and wind. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Court astrologers, however, were also correct that the event portended disaster. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These compositions aroused the interest of the specialists who found them excellent writing which portended a brilliant future for the composer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The dream had greatly disturbed him, and he now confessed to the thought that it had portended the death of one of us. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In retrospect, the joke is considered witty and yet eerily prescient because it portended some of the future turmoil that the artist would endure. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A comet appeared, provoking panic in the population, who feared it portended great disasters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fact is that the mere act of intercourse by itself is not enough to show what is portended. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Prodigies were transgressions in the natural, predictable order of the cosmos signs of divine anger that portended conflict and misfortune. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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