portentous
英[pɔː'tentəs]
美[pɔr'tɛntəs]
词态变化
副词: portentously;名词: portentousness;
助记提示
1. por- "pro-, forth, forward" + tent- + -ous.
2. 字面含义：stretch forward.
3. => foretell, reveal; point out, indicate.
中文词源
portentous 坏的预兆的来自portent,恶兆，凶兆，-ous,形容词后缀。
英文词源
- portentous (adj.)
- 1540s, from Latin portentosus "monstrous, marvelous, threatening," from portentem "portent" (see portend). Related: Portentously.
双语例句
- 1. Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.
- 众多事关重大的抉择强加在了他身上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The present aspect of society is portentous of great change.
- 现在的社会预示着重大变革的发生.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous.
- 同样从社会政治学上看，城市对20世纪思想、文化的贡献也意义重大。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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.
来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比
- 5. There was nothing portentous or solemn about him. He was bubbling with humour.
- 他一点也不装腔作势或故作严肃，浑身散发着幽默。
来自辞典例句