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portend [pɔ:rˈtend]

vt. 预示; 预兆; 给…以警告; 预告;
过去式：: portended 过去分词：: portended 现在分词：: portending 第三人称单数：: portends

例句:

  • To "augur well" is to portend a good outcome.
    来自THETIMES
  • They may or may not portend a collapse of civilization.
    它们或许预示着文明的崩溃.
  • 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。
  • Black clouds portend a storm.
    乌云为暴风雨的前兆.
  • These signs in the heavens might portend some great happening.
    来自W. Styron
  • Does this coincidence portend anything a silent-cinema revival?
    来自NEWYORKER