portend
US /pɔːrˈtend/
UK /pɔːrˈtend/
動詞
1.
預兆
to be a sign that something bad is likely to happen in the future:
範例:
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It was a deeply superstitious country, where earthquakes were commonly believed to portend the end of dynasties.
在 Lingoland 學習這個單詞