同义词： omen presage prognostic prognostication prodigy
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N-COUNT A portent is something that indicates what is likely to happen in the future. 预兆; 征兆 [正式] [oft N 'of' n]
The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region.
那里的野蛮战争可能预示着该地区将要发生什么事情。
breath , evidence , sign , indication
词根： portent
portentous 不祥的；预兆的；令人惊讶的
portentously 不祥地；有预兆地；盛气凌人地，自负地
portend 预示；预兆；意味着
Body has no falling flop of portent.
身体，毫无征兆的倒下。
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There came a Saturday morning ugly with the portent of storm.
有一个星期六早上，天昏地暗，暴风雨将临。
But January's rise in the claimant count is a worrying portent.
但是一月份申请人数的增加是一个令人担忧的预兆。
That may appear an encouraging portent for Greece, if it were forced to leave the euro.
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But should we be assuming that this is a portent of climate change?
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In fact, the fall of the speaker might lend far more portent to this sordid interlude than anything else possibly could.
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