portends

英 [pɔːˈtendz]

美 [pɔːrˈtendz]

v.  预兆，预示，预告(坏事)
portend的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预示；预兆；预告
  If somethingportendsan event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future.
  1. The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
     该变化没有预示社会状况的根本改观。

双语例句

• What all this portends in the wake of Columbia's loss is still up for grabs.
  随着哥伦比亚号航天飞机的失事，这一切预示着什么仍然有待我们弄清楚。
• Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.
  人怕出名猪怕壮。
• It portends a day when clinicians will recognize that they have needed and used their education in information science as well as basic and clinical sciences.
  它预示着有一天临床医生会意识到他们需要并用到他们所学的信息科学，就像基础和临床科学一样。
• However, it would be very premature to say it portends any significant change in the political system.
  但是，要说这预示着古巴政治制度将出现重大变化，那还为时尚早。
• A disastrous share offering in Madrid earlier this week portends continued economic trouble for Spain and, quite possibly, for the European Union.
  上周初，西班牙一家银行的股票发行交易失利，预示着西班牙经济将继续面临困境，而且很有可能波及整个欧盟。
• This Nile Revolution portends huge uncertainty.
  这一尼罗河革命预示着巨大的不确定性。
• The emergence of a series of new media, such as the Web TV, Blog, Podcasting, Micro blogging, MSN and so on, portends the network times coming into a new period of development.
  网络电视、博客、播客、微博、MSN等一系列新媒介形态的出现，也预示着网络传播时代进入了一个相对持续的阶段。
• If untreated, variceal hemorrhage portends a70 percent risk of death within one year.
  如果不治疗，曲张静脉出血预示70%会在一年内死亡。
• However, a dearth of infrastructure in Brazil portends higher prices before farmers there will sow new areas.
  但巴西基础设施建设不足，预示着价格的继续上涨可能会促使该国农民扩大种植面积。
• Fast Arctic thaw portends global warming.
  北极冰融迅速，预示全球变暖。