portending

英 [pɔːˈtendɪŋ]

美 [pɔːrˈtendɪŋ]

v. 预兆，预示，预告(坏事)
portend的现在分词

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。

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Just when you thought it could not get any more unpredictable, reports of internal turmoil suggest the black hole that is North Korea just grew bigger, portending more trouble.
就在你以为朝鲜局势不可能变得更加不可预测之际，关于朝鲜内政混乱局面的报道表明，黑洞变得更大了，这预示着会有更多的麻烦。
The upshot: a global slump in personal spending is unfolding, portending rockier times for the global economy and world financial markets.
其结果是：全球范围内的个人支出正开始大幅下降，这预示着全球经济及金融市场未来的日子将更为艰难。
Ingenious and intriguing, the automaton was produced in the 19th century, portending the renaissance in Japanese applied technology that followed the second world war.
这个精巧迷人的机器人制作于19世纪，预示了二战后日本应用技术的复兴。
It was a dark summer night, shot through with infrequent shimmers of lightning silently firing a cloud lying low in the west and portending a storm.
这是个黑暗的夏夜。不时有几道闪电的微光穿破黑暗，照出暴风雨的征兆，西方被点燃一般低沉的乌云。
Emphasis is respectively put on the administrative concept of action, information, institutions, resources and system construction in the portending period;
重点研究了预警阶段的政府行动理念、信息、机构、资源和制度建设；