harbinger
英 [ˈhɑːbɪndʒə(r)]
美 [ˈhɑːrbɪndʒər]
n. (常指坏的)预兆,兆头
vt. 预告; 充做…的前驱
复数:harbingers 现在分词:harbingering 过去式:harbingered 第三人称单数:harbingers 过去分词:harbingered
BNC.20456 / COCA.16191
牛津词典
noun
- (常指坏的)预兆,兆头
a sign that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (尤指不祥的)先兆,预兆
Something that is aharbinger ofsomething else, especially something bad, is a sign that it is going to happen.- The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
11月的空气刺痛了我的脸颊,预示着冬天就要来临。
- The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
英英释义
noun
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
verb
- foreshadow or presage
双语例句
- The sword is a harbinger of enmity and bitterness.
刀剑预示着仇恨和痛苦。 - Without that change, the resolution of this crisis can only be the harbinger of the next.
不做出这一改变,这场危机的解决只能预示着下一场危机的到来。 - Still, France's left is casting the results from Sunday's vote as a harbinger of two bigger elections next year-for the presidency and lower house.
尽管如此,星期天的投票预示着法国的左派在明年两个更大的选举成绩,这两个选举就是总统选举和国民议会选举。 - Whether the recent break is a harbinger of trouble will dominate debate in the short term.
近日的突破是否预示着麻烦将至,这将成为短期内人们争论的热点。 - Nonetheless, researchers say, the test is a harbinger of things to come.
虽然如此,研究者们称该测试是一个先驱。 - But if foreign earnings have helped US multinationals stave off a fall in profitability, the question is whether the current reliance on the rest of the world is just a cyclical phase or the harbinger of a transformation in corporate America.
但如果说海外收入帮助美国的跨国企业避免了利润率的下降,那么现在的问题是,当前对世界其它地方的依赖究竟只是一个周期性阶段,还是美国企业界变革的预兆? - The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
11月的空气刺痛了我的脸颊,预示着冬天就要来临。 - But others believe rising food prices are the harbinger of broader inflationary pressures created by the huge monetary stimulus China has embarked on during the past two years.
但另一些人认为,食品价格上涨是全面通胀的前兆,而正是过去两年里中国实施的大规模货币刺激措施催生了通胀压力。 - Indeed, the public's rush into inflation-protected government bonds may be a harbinger of a future rise in inflation expectations.
事实上,目前通胀保值政府债券受到公众热捧,可能就是未来通胀预期上升的一个预兆。 - The massive cloud that converges in the firmament above is a hulking harbinger of China's impending change.
汇聚在天空中的大朵白云成为中国即将发生的变化的拙劣先兆。