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单词 portend
释义 portend
UK [pɔ:'tend] US [pɔ:r-] formal
verb transitive
■to be a sign that something bad is likely to happen in the future 预示,预兆,预告(坏事)
It was a deeply superstitious country, where earthquakes were commonly believed to portend the end of dynasties.这是一个很迷信的国家,地震被普遍认为预示着王朝的终结。
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