presentiment
🇬🇧 UK/pri'zentimәnt/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A feeling that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; a premonition.
预感,凶兆
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.vague presentiment隐约的预感
- 2.presentiment of doom厄运的预感
- 3.presentiment of danger危险的预感
- 4.[dark presentiment]不祥的预感
Example Sentences
- 1.
She had a strange presentiment that something terrible was about to happen.
- 2.
His presentiment of danger proved correct when the bridge collapsed.
- 3.
A vague presentiment of doom hung over her as she boarded the flight.