portend

verb

1. 预兆，预示，预告（坏事）
   to be a sign or warning of sth that is going to happen in the future, especially sth bad or unpleasant

1. VERB 预示；预兆；预告
   If something portends an event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future.
   1. The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
      该变化没有预示社会状况的根本改观。

1. The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
   该变化没有预示社会状况的根本改观。
2. Do Watson and his ilk portend higher unemployment?
   沃森及其家族成员是否预示着未来失业率会更高呢？
3. Could that portend something more challenging for the government in 2012?
   那是否预示着对2012年的政府将带来更多的挑战？
4. But moving from the jaded north to the dynamic south does not portend an easy future.
   但是，基督教从疲惫的北方向富有活力的南方扩展，并不能预示基督徒在南方的安宁生活。
5. But such steps also portend a murky future in which a chronic condition, such as hypertension, could cost workers jobs or promotions ─ or prevent them from being hired in the first place.
   不过这些措施对员工而言也预示着一个暗淡的前景，像高血压这样的慢性病可能会让员工失去工作或晋升机会&或者一开始就成为了妨碍他们被录用的障碍。
6. It does at least portend a reduction in hydrogenated soybean oil in vegetable oil blends, which could include some soybean oil than has not been hydrogenated.
   但这至少预示着混合植物油中氢化豆油的用量将减少，混合植物油中可能也会包含一些没有氢化的豆油。
7. But how can we ensure these are teething problems and do not portend greater turmoil?
   可是我们如何才能确定，这些确实是革命初期的问题，而不是预示着更大的混乱？
8. What do these strange events portend?
   这些奇怪的事件预示着什么？
9. The berries on your hedge portend an early and severe winter.
   你家树篱上的浆果预示严冬将早早来临。
10. Portend the approach of a violent revolutionary storm
    预示一场猛烈的革命风暴的来临
11. If well harnessed, such statistics portend a boom in local private demand in decades to come.
    这些数据预示着，如果得到很好的利用，未来几十年非洲本地私人需求将强劲增长。
12. So lack of employment now may portend an even bleaker future.
    因此，缺少就业岗位如今可能预示了一个更为暗淡的未来。
13. Heavy insider purchases sometimes portend a vigorous market rally.
    内部人士大举买入，有时预示着市场将开始强力反弹。
14. Leading economic indicators that portend a recession.
    预告萧条的主要经济指标。
15. It's a deeply superstitious country, where earthquakes are commonly believed to portend the end of dynasties.
    这是一个很迷信的国家，地震被认为预示着王朝的终结。
16. If we can't look after a species we've been trying so hard to save, it may portend even worse things for the ones we've been overlooking.
    如果我们不能照顾好我们一直努力拯救的物种，它可能预示着那些被我们所忽视的情况将更加严重。
17. Vivid, violent dreams can portend brain disorders by half a century, a new study finds.
    一项新的研究发现，栩栩如生的恶梦能预知到半个世纪后的脑部紊乱。
18. Future flight part3of12: beaming up the weather: today's services portend tomorrow's resources.
    未来飞行12部分之3用雷达探测天气：今天的服务预示着明天的资源。
19. Things that happen on eclipses tend to portend that something more is on the way, so take this period seriously.
    在日食期间发生的事情将预兆着一些即将到来的事情，所以请认真对待这一事情的每一件事情。
20. The eclipse was thought to portend some great disaster.
    日食被认为是大灾难的预兆。
21. What does the rise of libertarianism portend for the future of the US?
    自由主义的抬头对美国的未来预示着什么？
22. Or does it portend a new Europe?
    还是预示着一个新欧洲的到来？
23. Black clouds portend a storm.
    暗云低沉是暴风雨的前兆。
24. Sometimes small events can portend great changes.
    有时，小事件能预示着大变革。
25. Second, one must form a judgment as to what those facts portend.
    第二，必须形成一个判断，猜测这些事实预示着什么。
26. That would portend increased flows of glacial ice from Antarctica and a rise in global sea levels, endangering low-lying land areas.
    这预示着南极洲的冰河流量将增加，全球海平面将上升，对低地地区将造成危害。
27. What may they portend for the future?
    对于将来有何预示？
28. These clouds are ominous. They portend a severe storm.
    这些云是不祥的预兆，预示着一场大风暴即将来临。
29. Threatening skies portend a storm.
    可怕的天气预示着一畅风雨。
30. And though that may be welcome news for politicians such as Mr Ramsey, it could portend disaster for farmers.
    尽管这对于拉姆齐这些政治家而言是好消息，但对农场主却预示着灾难。

verb

1. indicate by signs
   1. These signs bode bad news

   Synonym:    bodeauspicateprognosticateomenpresagebetokenforeshadowaugurforetellprefigureforecastpredict