presage
presage 英 [ˈpresɪdʒ] 美 [ˈprɛsɪdʒ]
n. 预感；前兆 vt. 预感；预言 vi. 预示；预言
进行时:presaging 过去式:presaged 过去分词:presaged 第三人称单数:presages 名词复数:presages
- A presage is a sign that something bad is about to happen, like when you get that queasy feeling in your stomach because your mom found out you skipped band practice to go to the movies.
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- n. 预感；前兆
- vt. 预感；预言
- vi. 预示；预言
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1. In dreams one may presage the future.
一个人能从梦中预感将来。
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2. Martin's departure is therefore momentous and historic, but may also presage changes to the post, one with which the British public is largely unfamiliar.
马丁的离职重要且具历史意义，但可能也预示着这一职位会有所改变，英国公众对这个职位并不甚熟悉。
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3. Yet the plight of the news business does not presage the end of news.
但新闻产业如今面临的困境并不预示着新闻的终结。
- presage (n.) late 14c., "something that portends," from Latin praesagium "a foreboding," from praesagire "to perceive beforehand, forebode," from praesagus (adj.) "perceiving beforehand, prophetic," from prae "before" (see pre-) + sagus "prophetic," related to sagire "perceive" (see sagacious).
- presage (v.) 1560s, from Middle French présager (16c.), from présage "omen," from Latin praesagium (see presage (n.)). Related: Presaged; presaging.
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