por·tend /pɔrˈtɛnd, por-/
(vt.)成為…的前兆,預知,給與…的警告
Por·tend v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. & vb. n. Portending.]
1. To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs.
Many signs portended a dark and stormy day. --Macaulay.
2. To stretch out before. [R.] “Doomed to feel the great Idomeneus' portended steel.”
Syn: -- To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; augur; presage; foreshadow; threaten.
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portend
v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken,
foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast,
predict]