portend是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

v. 预示

网络 预兆；成为……的前兆；预示着

变形：

过去分词：portended  现在分词：portending  第三人称单数：portends  

完整释义：

v.

1.成为…的前兆,预示,预兆;给…以警告

例句：

1. Heavy insider purchases sometimes portend a vigorous market rally.
   内部人士大举买入，有时预示着市场将开始强力反弹。

2. These changes portend well, but they serve mainly to reduce the risks of crises.
   这些变革是好的预兆，但它们主要是为了降低危机爆发的风险。

3. A particular concern is that the recent resurgence at the euro zone's core could portend a protracted slump at its periphery.
   特别的担忧在于这次在欧元区中心的复苏可能预示了在其周边一个延时的萧条。

4. The overconfidence could portend an onslaught of new supply of homes for sale that would threaten prices.
   过度自信能预示着将有新一轮的房屋供给出炉，从而威胁房价。

5. There is a strategic chink in corporate America's global armour, one that could portend weaker-than-expected earnings in the medium term.
   美国公司的全球防护体系存在一个战略缺陷，这个缺陷可能预示着中期利润将差于预期。

6. But moving from the jaded north to the dynamic south does not portend an easy future.
   但是北部疲软和南部活跃的走势预示着未来并不简单。

7. Second, one must form a judgment as to what those facts portend.
   第二，必须形成一个判断，猜测这些事实预示着什么。

8. If we can't look after a species we've been trying so hard to save, it may portend even worse things for the ones we've been overlooking.
   如果我们不能照顾好我们一直努力拯救的物种，它可能预示着那些被我们所忽视的情况将更加严重。