heralding

英 [ˈherəldɪŋ]

美 [ˈherəldɪŋ]

v.  是(某事)的前兆; 预示; 宣布(好或重要)
herald的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预告;预示…的来临
  Something thatheraldsa future event or situation is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.
  1. ...the sultry evening that heralded the end of the baking hot summer...
     预示着炙热的夏天即将结束的闷热夜晚
  2. Their discovery could herald a cure for some forms of impotence.
     他们的发现可能预示着为某些类型的阳痿找到了医治方法。
• N-COUNT 预兆
  Something that is aherald ofa future event or situation is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.
  1. I welcome the report as a herald of more freedom, not less...
     我认为这份报告预示着会有更多、而不是更少的自由，因此对它表示欢迎。
  2. For her, it was the herald of summer.
     对她来说，这是夏天来临的前奏。
• VERB 宣布;报告…的消息
  If an important event or actionis heralded bypeople, announcements are made about it so that it is publicly known and expected.
  1. Janet Jackson's new album has been heralded by a massive media campaign...
     珍妮·杰克逊的新专辑已经在媒体上进行了大规模宣传。
  2. Tonight's clash between Real Madrid and Arsenal is being heralded as the match of the season.
     今晚皇家马德里队和阿森纳队之间的对决被称为本赛季最重要的比赛。
• （古时的）传令官，使节
  In former times, aheraldwas a person who delivered and announced important messages.

双语例句

• Ugh, behold the zoo animals heralding the new year, how tribal.
  看作动物园的动物，宣布新年，多有个性。
• Zuozhuan includes religious phenomenon and activities adoring nature and agricultural god, spirit and sign, unusual being, heralding, divining etc.
  《左传》保存了诸如自然、农神、鬼魂崇拜以及征兆、怪异、卜筮、解梦、预言等丰富的宗教现象和活动。
• There is an assumption in many parts of the world that the "crisis of capitalism" represented by the freezing up of the financial system will accelerate the long-term geopolitical shift, heralding the decline of us power and European influence.
  在世界上许多地方，有一种假设认为，以金融体系冻结为代表的“资本主义危机”，将加快长期的地缘政治变迁，开启美国实力和欧洲影响力的衰落进程。
• The move to prepayment makes a reduction of supplies to Ukraine increasingly likely, heralding the third gas war between the two countries in eight years and threatening deliveries to Europe.
  改为预付费方式加大了对乌克兰供应量降低的可能性，预示着两国间将出现8年内的第三次天然气之战，并可能会威胁到对欧洲的天然气供应。
• It is the heralding of a new age of responsibilities.
  那预示着一个充满责任的新时期的开始。
• Ethel was the quintessentially next-door neighbor, in and out our back door several times a day. "Oo-hoo" was her heralding call.
  埃塞尔实际上就是我们的紧邻，每天总要从我们家的后门口来回好几次，嘴里发出“喔&哦”的声音。
• At irregular intervals of two to seven years, the waters of the central Pacific warm up, heralding inclement weather throughout the southern hemisphere.
  无规律地间隔二至七年，中央太平洋的海水温度就会升高，预示着南半球严酷的天气的到来。
• Some have seen this flurry of activity as a "scientific revolution", heralding the beginning of the modern age.
  有的人认为，这样急速的变革是一次「科学的革命」，预示著近代的开始。
• Streaks of faint light were rising, heralding a new day.
  几道淡淡的晨曦正在升起，预示新的一天的来临。
• After the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl, the NFL was stuck with thousands of T-shirts heralding the Pittsburgh Steelers as champs.
  绿湾包装工队赢得超级碗冠军后，NFL手里就积压了大量宣传匹兹堡钢人队得冠军的T恤。