Wordiyoportend
🇬🇧 UK/pɒ:'tend/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To be a sign or warning that something, usually bad, is going to happen.
预示，是……的前兆；预告（不祥之事）
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.portend disaster预示灾难
- 2.portend change预示变革
- 3.[portend ill]预示凶兆
- 4.portend trouble预示麻烦
Example Sentences
- 1.
The dark clouds on the horizon seemed to portend a violent storm.
- 2.
Historians debated whether the economic unrest portended a wider social collapse.
- 3.
The sudden silence in the forest portended danger.