harbinger

美 [ˈhɑːrbɪndʒər]英 [ˈhɑːbɪndʒə(r)]
  • n.先兆;(常指坏的)预兆,兆头
  • vt.预告;充做…的前驱

复数: harbingers 过去式: harbingered 现在分词: harbingering 过去分词: harbingered 第三人称单数: harbingers

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noun

formal or literary(常指坏的)预兆,兆头
a sign that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad

harbinger

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (尤指不祥的)先兆,预兆
    Something that is a harbinger of something 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。

noun

1
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
Synonym: forerunner predecessor herald precursor

verb

1
foreshadow or presage
Synonym: announce annunciate foretell herald

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  1. Whether that 's bad ( way too much television ) or good ( perhaps a harbinger of my current career ) is open for debate .

    这是好事(看了太多电视)还是坏事(也许是我现在职业的先兆)仍然有待讨论。

  2. Some commentators have taken all this as a harbinger of full capital-account convertibility .

    一些评论员将上述情况视为资本账户可完全兑换的先兆。然而这个可能性并不大。

  3. 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。

  4. Their only thought was of the fiery harbingers of death streaking through the sky above them .

    那个不断地在空中飞翔的死的恐怖把一切别的感觉都赶走了

  5. The Harbingers Example of Art Of The Literature Works From Dunhuang

    敦煌文学艺术性先驱作用例说

  6. Many sense Iraq is also a harbinger .

    很多人的感觉是,伊拉克还预示着未来。

  7. 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。

  8. Harbinger of a new day .

    带来了崭新的一天。

  9. Therefore say up from this angle , Morris is one of the important harbingers of the modern design .

    因此,从这个角度上说,莫里斯是现代设计的重要先驱者之一。

  10. The latest figures are seen by many to be harbingers of financial doom .

    许多人认为最新的数据是财政恶运的预兆。

  11. Without that change , the resolution of this crisis can only be the harbinger of the next .

    不做出这一改变,这场危机的解决只能预示着下一场危机的到来。

  12. A Harbinger of Modern Novels & On Alluvial Period Fossils

    现代长篇小说的先声&关于《冲积期化石》的讨论

  13. Mistrust of the government making this request could be the harbinger even the cause of national decline .

    不信任提出这种请求的政府,可能成为国家衰落的先兆(甚至是原因)。

  14. I have often acted as a harbinger for my peers and even myself .

    我常常为我的同辈、甚至我自己充当先行者的角色。

  15. Yet fiction , as crazy as it may sound , is the harbinger of things to come .

    然而,尽管科幻小说听起来疯狂,成为现实也不是没有可能。

  16. It slowly drew nearer , with each day bringing a new harbinger of its coming .

    它一天一天地慢慢走近,每天都带来一些新的气象。

  17. 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。

  18. 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。

  19. Trap one , this is Harbinger .

    诱捕1队,这里是先头人员

  20. the certain harbingers of disunion , violence , and civil war ,

    分裂、暴力、内战,

  21. Sany is not a typical Chinese company , but it is a harbinger of things to come .

    三一重工不是一家典型的中国企业,但它代表着未来的方向。

  22. What makes Behomm different ( and a likely harbinger of home-exchange sites to come ) is its peer-to-peer network .

    Behomm的与众不同之处在于它的同类人圈子(这或许代表着住宅交换网站未来的发展趋势)。

  23. Yeah , Bonnie says it 's a harbinger of evil .

    邦妮说那是灾难的预兆

  24. In the study , it is the future of international practical research article genre opened a harbinger of social and cultural criticism .

    在研究上,它为未来国际实用文章体裁研究的社会文化批判开了先声。

  25. Lu Xun will be for ever celebrated as the glorious harbinger of a new Chinese cultural movement .

    鲁迅将永远作为中国新文化运动的光辉先驱受人歌颂。

  26. These are not the obvious harbingers of a two-state solution .

    这些都不是两国方案有望实现的明显预兆。

  27. A stronger dollar has historically proved to be the harbinger of turmoil in the developing world .

    传统上,美元走强被证明是发展中国家陷入动荡的预兆。

  28. Is it the result of excessive money creation , a harbinger of runaway inflation just around the corner ?

    是因为货币发行过量?还是全球范围通货膨胀失控的先兆?

  29. In the absence of policy change the credit squeeze could be regarded as a harbinger of a Chinese crash to come .

    如果没有政策上的变化,这场信贷紧缩可能会成为未来中国金融危机的预兆。

  30. A narrow victory in the House is not necessarily a harbinger of success in the Senate .

    议案能够小取众院并不意味着也能闯过参议院这一关。