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
- 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。 - Whether the recent break is a harbinger of trouble will dominate debate in the short term.
近日的突破是否预示着麻烦将至，这将成为短期内人们争论的热点。 - The massive cloud that converges in the firmament above is a hulking harbinger of China's impending change.
汇聚在天空中的大朵白云成为中国即将发生的变化的拙劣先兆。 - 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。 - The sword is a harbinger of enmity and bitterness.
刀剑预示着仇恨和痛苦。 - 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。 - Nonetheless, researchers say, the test is a harbinger of things to come.
虽然如此，研究者们称该测试是一个先驱。 - 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 shift of deposits and money out of Scotland this week is a harbinger.
上周存款和资金流出苏格兰，就是一个兆头。 - But others believe rising food prices are the harbinger of broader inflationary pressures created by the huge monetary stimulus China has embarked on during the past two years.
但另一些人认为，食品价格上涨是全面通胀的前兆，而正是过去两年里中国实施的大规模货币刺激措施催生了通胀压力。