portentous [pɔ:rˈtentəs]

例句:

• Proud to be privy to portentous tidings.
  来自W. Styron
• Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.
  众多事关重大的抉择强加在了他身上。
  
• The present aspect of society is portentous of great change.
  现在的社会预示着重大变革的发生.
  
• In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous.
  同样从社会政治学上看，城市对20世纪思想、文化的贡献也意义重大。
  
• A meal in which the undertow of hatred made even surface politeness portentous.
  来自fig.
• The solemn and portentous look of an eminent physician about to impart grim news.
  来自D. Acheson