portend
英[p??'tend]
美[p?r't?nd]
- vt. 預示；預兆；意味著
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?portends;過去式:?portended;過去分詞:?portended;現在分詞:?portending;
助記提示
1. por- "pro-, forth, forward" + tend-.
2. 字面含義：stretch forward.
3. => foretell, reveal; point out, indicate.
4. 可以說是伸展超前，具有超前意識。觸及到了前面的、位置的、將來的東西。
中文詞源
portend 預示，預兆
por-,在前，-tend,延伸，伸展，詞源同extend.引申詞義預示，預兆。
英文詞源
- portend
- portend: see tend
- portend (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin portendere "foretell, reveal; point out, indicate," originally "to stretch forward," from por- (variant of pro-; see pro-) "forth, forward" + tendere "to stretch, extend" (see tenet). Related: Portended; portending.
雙語例句
- 1. They may or may not portend a collapse of civilization.
- 它們或許預示著文明的崩潰.
來自英漢非文學 - 歷史
- 2. The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
- 該變化沒有預示社會狀況的根本改觀。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Black clouds portend a storm.
- 烏云為暴風雨的前兆.
來自辭典例句
- 4. What do these strange events portend?
- 這些奇怪的事件預示著 什么 ?
來自辭典例句
- 5. Not, perhaps, a great portend for a new generation of robots.
- 但是在現實中, 這可能預示著下一代的新機器人.
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