portends

英 [pɔːˈtendz]

美 [pɔːrˈtendz]

v.  预兆，预示，预告(坏事)
portend的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预示；预兆；预告
  If somethingportendsan 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。

双语例句

• If untreated, variceal hemorrhage portends a70 percent risk of death within one year.
  如果不治疗，曲张静脉出血预示70%会在一年内死亡。
• There is a growing belief that this spectacular sell-off portends more than just a periodic shift in the market cycle.
  人们越来越相信，此次股市大跌预示的不只是市场周期中一个阶段性转折。
• However, it would be very premature to say it portends any significant change in the political system.
  但是，要说这预示着古巴政治制度将出现重大变化，那还为时尚早。
• The UK would do well to consider what this portends.
  英国不妨考虑一下这预示着什么。
• This Nile Revolution portends huge uncertainty.
  这一尼罗河革命预示着巨大的不确定性。
• Portends Coulomb analytical instruments designed well.
  设计了预示库仑分析仪器；
• The emergence of a series of new media, such as the Web TV, Blog, Podcasting, Micro blogging, MSN and so on, portends the network times coming into a new period of development.
  网络电视、博客、播客、微博、MSN等一系列新媒介形态的出现，也预示着网络传播时代进入了一个相对持续的阶段。
• Fast Arctic thaw portends global warming.
  北极冰融迅速，预示全球变暖。
• In aggressive gliomas, extra copies of the EGFR gene are produced, and half of such tumors also carry an EGFR mutation, which ramps up tumor growth and portends a poor prognosis.
  在侵袭性脑胶质瘤中，表皮生长因子受体基因拷贝数更高，而且一半的侵袭性脑胶质瘤伴有一个GEFR突变。这个突变增加了肿瘤的生长，伴随一个糟糕的预后效果。
• A disastrous share offering in Madrid earlier this week portends continued economic trouble for Spain and, quite possibly, for the European Union.
  上周初，西班牙一家银行的股票发行交易失利，预示着西班牙经济将继续面临困境，而且很有可能波及整个欧盟。