portend disaster 预示灾难
portend trouble 预示麻烦
portend success 预示成功
bad omen 坏预兆
sign of failure 失败的迹象
1. The sudden drop in stock prices portended a financial crisis.
股价的突然下跌预示着一场金融危机。
2. The strange behavior of the animal portended danger to the hikers.
这只动物奇怪的举动预示著对徒步旅行者有危险。
3. His poor grades in the first term portended difficulties in the future.
他第一学期糟糕的成绩预示了未来的困难。
A: The dark clouds and the wind portended a storm.
A：乌云和狂风预示着一场风暴。
B: I hope we can find shelter before it gets bad.
B：希望在情况变糟之前我们能找到避难所。
1) 预示；预兆
2) 即将发生（尤指坏事）
3) 作为某种结果的征兆
1. 预示；预兆；作为…的征兆（通常指不好的事情）
2. 即将发生（坏事或麻烦）
e.g. The dark sky portended rain.
黑暗的天空预示著要下雨了。
verb
1. To be a sign that something, especially something bad, will happen.
2. To indicate that something is likely to occur.
Synonym: foreshadow, herald, signal