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单词 portent
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portent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɔː.tent/us
/ˈpɔːr.tent/
asignthat somethingbadislikelytohappenin thefuture:
凶兆，征兆，迹象
For theeconomy, the portents areextremelygloomy.对经济而言，预兆极为悲观。
Is ittruethatcowslyingdown in afieldare a portentofrain?牛躺在田里是下雨的征兆吗？
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portend
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  • Theeveningstartedwith portents ofimpendingdoom.
  • To have anowlcallingaboutyourhousewas usuallyreadas anominousportent for those inside.
  • Strangeeventsand portentsabounded.
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  • intuition
  • intuitive
  • prescience
  • prescient
  • prophecy
  • prophesy
  • prophetic
  • psychic
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  • the writing is on the wallidiom
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(Definition ofportentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofportent

portent
The portents for future publication are good, since we continue to receive a steady flow of good manuscripts.
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The portents for the future, therefore, are continually improving.
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Nobody could have predicted theportentof that arrest, but since then the names involved have become household ones.
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If the understanding is still weaker, he hits upon the grotesque - meaningful dreams, presentiments, and miraculous portents.
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A staunch representative of the 'unreconstructed right wing', his death seemed a symbolicportentfor the decision that was to follow.
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It is also clear in the documents that this rebellion raised concern but did not induce panic or suggest aportentof worse to come.
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This is theportentof a fine series of recordings.
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Serious as they have been, they are surely a smallportentof what lies ahead.
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However, there are some good portents for the future.
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The ethereal violin line is broken for an instant by a portentous tolling, aportentthat is to be developed throughout the work.
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These tendencies and their ramifications are a dangerousportentfor the nation's nascent democracy and fragile unity.
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People wanted to know whether the earthquake was preceded by the usual portents, or whether such signs had now to give way to the tracings of seismographs.
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He was in office while such strides began to be made by the department in absorbing the fullportentof our transport needs.
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There are ominous portents in that decision, deliberately taken.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This net has been a sign and aportenton the fishing horizon for the last two years.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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