portended

例句:

• She confusedly realised this reversal of her attitudes, but could not make out what it portended.
  她糊里糊涂的意识到自己这种相反的态度, 但是不知道它会带来什么.
  来自辞典例句
• It portended that there was one stone face too many, up at the chateau.
  这说明庄园里多出了一张石雕人面.
  
• To them, the lab cowboy and his sperminator portended a dystopia of mass - produced boys.
  对他们来说, 实验室牛仔和他所主宰的性别生杀大权,预示着一个大规模生产男孩的敌托邦的到来.
  
• Either the sensation portended a change of epoch, due tomorrow , which could mark the end of the world.
  来自THETIMES