harbinger

单词harbinger

基本解释

v.: 预示；为…作先驱
n.: 兆头
网络: 预兆；先兆；先驱者

权威解释

• （常指坏的）预兆，兆头:

  a sign that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad

英汉解释

• 为…作先驱;预告,预示

• 【历史】(王室、军队等)派出打前站的人,先行官

• 天使

• 先驱;前兆

• 通报者,先驱

• 预言者,预兆

词性分析

• 复数：harbingers

同义词

n.forerunnerheraldportentomenindication

例句

• Mr Ren said on Monday he had not been quoted "properly, " but would not elaborate on the discussions with Harbinger.

  WilliamRen周一表示，报道没有“适当”引述他的讲话，但他拒绝详细阐述与Harbinger的谈判。

• The etymology of the word harbinger is tied up in that "forerunner" meaning.

  harbinger这个词的来源和“先行者”是联系在一起的。

• The food cuts could be a harbinger to further cost-cutting; Deep Fried has heard that the building might be put up for sublease.

  餐饮开支的削减只是一个更广泛成本削减的先兆，DeepFried已经听闻整栋大楼都将用于转租。

• Yet, each is just a harbinger of what"s to come this year, as data of all sorts is assembled instantly by compelling applications.

  而这每一个示例都只是今年的趋势的一个预兆，所有类别的数据都会被应用程序即时组装在一起。

• In itself, this was just an example of the Big Unfriendly Giant flexing its muscles, but it could be a harbinger of things to come.

  例子本身只是说明这位不友善的巨人是如何展示他的肌肉的，但它也许可以被看作一个预兆。

• He didn"t know what had caused Krista"s inflammation, but he warned that uveitis is often a harbinger of other autoimmune disorders.

  他不知克丽斯塔眼睛为何发炎，但是他警告葡萄膜炎是其他免疫系统紊乱的征兆。

• That said, the traditional harbinger of rate rises, consumer-price inflation, remains relatively benign.

  这表明，消费者物价上涨目前还是良性的，而这通常是利率上升的先兆。

• The desire to treat terrible events as the harbinger of the end of civilization itself also has roots in another human trait: vanity.

  人们喜欢把危害事件看作是人类文明的终结的预兆，这种渴望也扎根于人类的另外一个特征：自负。

• 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。

• Microalbuminuria, one of the earliest indicators of kidney injury, could be a harbinger of progressive kidney failure.

  微量白蛋白尿，肾损伤的早期指标之一，可能是一个渐进肾衰竭的前兆。