portends
v.
预示( portend的第三人称单数 );
预兆;
给…以警告;
预告;
例句:
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The sky had the white woolly look that portends snow.
来自George Eliot
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Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.
人怕出名猪怕壮.
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It portends we are in danger.
这预示我们陷入危险.
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His silence portends trouble.
他沉默不语不是好兆头.
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We're quite concerned about what this portends for the future.
来自SA
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So the end state that your argument portends is that we would eventually have to remove all guns from public hands to be "safe".
来自SA