portend
US /pɔːrˈtend/
UK /pɔːrˈtend/
动词
1.
预示着
to be a sign that something bad is likely to happen in the future:
示例:
•
It was a deeply superstitious country, where earthquakes were commonly believed to portend the end of dynasties.
在 Lingoland 学习这个单词