portend
美音:[pɔ´tend
]
英音:[pɔ´tend
]
v.预示
难易程度:
portend为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:portended 过去分词:portended 现在分词:portending 第三人称单数:portends
词根
tend,tens,tent＝to stretch（张开）
近义词, 同义词
portend
/pɔ:'tend; pɔr`tɛnd/
v [Tn] (fml 文) be a sign or warning of (sth in the future); foreshadow 预示; 预兆; 预告
*His silence portends trouble. 他沉默不语可不是好兆头.
v [Tn] (fml 文) be a sign or warning of (sth in the future); foreshadow 预示; 预兆; 预告
*His silence portends trouble. 他沉默不语可不是好兆头.
portend
v [T]literary
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: portendere 'to stretch forward', from tendere 'to stretch']
to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad
strange events that portend disaster
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: portendere 'to stretch forward', from tendere 'to stretch']
to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad
strange events that portend disaster
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