单词portentous
adj.: 预示（坏事）的；先兆的；煞有介事的；装腔作势的
网络: 奇特；不祥的；预示性的
预示（坏事）的；先兆的:
important as a sign or a warning of sth that is going to happen in the future, especially when it is sth unpleasant
煞有介事的；装腔作势的；装模作样的:
very serious and intended to impress people
不详的;怪异的
〔蔑称〕自命不凡的;妄自尊大的
〔戏谑语〕(沉默等)严肃的
可惊的,怪异的;奇特的;可怕的
预兆的;不吉的
adj.significantimportantcrucialominousfateful
adj.trivialmodest
When a political journalist isn"t sure of their ground, the first rule is to keep things portentous, but vague.
当连一个政治记者都不知道自己立场时，第一守则是，保持预见性，但是很模糊地。
Before me stretched the portentous , menacing road of a new decade.
在我面前展现出一条新的十年的凶多吉少、咄咄逼人的道路。
Answer: Workshop worker can hide below car, machine tool and loftier equipment, not portentous fluster runs.
答：车间工人可以躲在车、机床及较高大的设备下，不可惊慌乱跑。
Keep it, in any case, familiar, facetious even, rather than pedantic and portentous.
无论如何，要使它显得很随便，甚至滑稽可笑，而不要显得很迂腐，夜郎自大。
Recent developments are as portentous as the collapse of Berlin Wall.
最近的事态发展一如柏林墙倒塌般重大。
He introduced each portentous subject with buoyant enthusiasm.
他热情彭湃地介绍着每个怪异的话题。
Toad was quite alarmed at this very serious and portentous style of greeting.
癞哈蟆对这种异常严肃而又吉凶莫测的欢迎方式感到忐忑不安。
unless they"re especially portentous. Do you know what that word means?
除非梦境特别凶你知道那个字的意思吧？
Strikes occurred, but none as portentous as the strike in the Lenin shipyards in Gdansk that began on August 14, 1980.
罢工时有发生，但影响最深远的莫过于1980年8月14日在格但斯克列宁造船厂爆发的大罢工。
The three rooms seemed in portentous disorder. All about lay her things in confusion.
三个房间乱得令人难以置信，凯蒂所有的东西都扔得乱七八糟。