portends
v. 預示( portend的第三人稱單數 ); 預兆; 給…以警告; 預告
If something portends an event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future.
The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
該變化沒有預示社會狀況的根本改觀。
Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.
人怕出名豬怕壯.
It portends we are in danger.
這預示我們陷入危險.
His silence portends trouble.
他沉默不語不是好兆頭.
Perhaps the present concern with the values of liberal arts education portends an intellectual anemia.
現在關心大學文科教育的重要性也許意味著患了智力貧血症.