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
- If not its cause, others may wonder if the swooning equity market is the harbinger of economic distress.
如果说股市暴跌不是经济萧条的元凶,那么人们可能想知道,它是否是经济低迷的先兆。 - 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。 - For the Maya, a smoking volcano wasn't always a harbinger of doom.
对于玛雅人而言,一座冒烟的火山并不永远意味着厄运的凶兆。 - The emergence of bigger and even more complex financial behemoths all too big to fail is a harbinger of crises to come.
更大、甚至更为复杂的金融“巨兽”的出现都因太大而不会破产是危机将要来临的预兆。 - Libya has been a harbinger.
利比亚是一个前兆。 - A stronger dollar has historically proved to be the harbinger of turmoil in the developing world.
传统上,美元走强被证明是发展中国家陷入动荡的预兆。 - Many sense Iraq is also a harbinger.
很多人的感觉是,伊拉克还预示着未来。 - An icy harbinger of doom, channeling runic power and delivering rapid weapon strikes.
一位恶魔的先驱者,引导符文力量和给与快速的武器攻击。 - The bullish message was reinforced a day later when NSN clinched a$ 7bn deal with Harbinger Capital Partners, a New York hedge fund, to build and operate a new fourth-generation US mobile network.
仅仅一天之后,这一乐观情绪又得到了加强&NSN与纽约对冲基金HarbingerCapitalPartners达成了一项70亿美元的交易,将一同在美国建设并运营一个新的第四代移动网络。 - And you can certainly take precautions to make sure that a runny nose is not the harbinger of a more serious disease.
而且你必定可以采取预防措施来确认流鼻涕不是更严重的病的预兆。