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　

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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.
  1. ...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

英英释义

noun

• a sign of something about to happen
  1. he looked for an omen before going into battle
  Synonym:omenportentprognosticprognosticationprodigy
• a foreboding about what is about to happen

verb

• indicate by signs
  1. These signs bode bad news
  Synonym:bodeportendauspicateprognosticateomenbetokenforeshadowaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredict

双语例句

• 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！
• That, in turn, leaves me feeling it is too early to believe green shoots could presage a full blown recovery anytime soon either in the verdant pastures of West Virginia, or anywhere else linked to the US mortgage world.
  这进而让我觉得，认为萌芽可能预示着全面复苏无论是在西弗吉尼亚葱绿的草地上，还是与美国抵押贷款界相关的任何其它地方很快会到来，还为时过早。
• 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。
• But for unknown reasons, in the remaining cases the twisting did not presage a flare.
  不知道什么原因，在其余的情况中，磁旋流并没有预示耀斑的到来。
• The incident is believed to presage war.
  这件事件据信是战争的前兆。
• 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。
• Ukraine was bracing itself for more upheaval on Sunday after its two easternmost regions held referendums on self-rule that some fear could presage a break-up of the country.
  周日，乌克兰最东边的两个地区举行了自治公投，这将使乌克兰动荡局势加剧。一些人担心，这可能预示着乌克兰即将分裂。
• 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。
• When I alone wander in the field, those flowers, grass, trees and rivers can solace me just because I faintly presage that I am likely to meet another soul who loves them in the same way.
  当我独自在田野里徘徊时，那些花朵、草、木、流之所以能给我以慰藉，正是因为我隐约预感到，我可能会和另一颗同样爱它们的灵魂相遇。