| 词汇 | portending |
| 释义 | portending present 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 portendingportending In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Placed on an enemy's head, it would have been a humiliating reference portending death as well as conversion into a loser/woman/moon. It is certainly not my belief that there is any portending difficulty in this matter, either constitutionally or voluntarily. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is right and proper to bear in mind the nuclear capabilities portending so many uncertainties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Stifled because the death it was portending has taken place. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the bottom of the composition are a scepter, a crown, and the mask of tragedy, portending the child's brilliant future. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Jung explains their crucially significant mythological content and portending influence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Often they are used in humorous ways depicting awkward positioning or meticulous precision, or portending a character's impending death by having them prematurely fall into a drawn outline. 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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