harbinger
英 [ˈhɑːbɪndʒə(r)]
美 [ˈhɑːrbɪndʒər]
n. (常指坏的)预兆，兆头
vt. 预告; 充做…的前驱
复数：harbingers 现在分词：harbingering 过去式：harbingered 第三人称单数：harbingers 过去分词：harbingered
BNC.20456 / COCA.16191
牛津词典
noun
- （常指坏的）预兆，兆头
a sign that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT （尤指不祥的）先兆，预兆
Something that is aharbinger ofsomething else, especially something bad, is a sign that it is going to happen.- The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
11月的空气刺痛了我的脸颊，预示着冬天就要来临。
- The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
英英释义
noun
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
verb
- foreshadow or presage
双语例句
- The emergence of bigger and even more complex financial behemoths all too big to fail is a harbinger of crises to come.
更大、甚至更为复杂的金融“巨兽”的出现都因太大而不会破产是危机将要来临的预兆。 - Without that change, the resolution of this crisis can only be the harbinger of the next.
不做出这一改变，这场危机的解决只能预示着下一场危机的到来。 - But others believe rising food prices are the harbinger of broader inflationary pressures created by the huge monetary stimulus China has embarked on during the past two years.
但另一些人认为，食品价格上涨是全面通胀的前兆，而正是过去两年里中国实施的大规模货币刺激措施催生了通胀压力。 - In the absence of policy change the credit squeeze could be regarded as a harbinger of a Chinese crash to come.
如果没有政策上的变化，这场信贷紧缩可能会成为未来中国金融危机的预兆。 - Yet, each is just a harbinger of what's to come this year, as data of all sorts is assembled instantly by compelling applications.
而这每一个示例都只是今年的趋势的一个预兆，所有类别的数据都会被应用程序即时组装在一起。 - The massive cloud that converges in the firmament above is a hulking harbinger of China's impending change.
汇聚在天空中的大朵白云成为中国即将发生的变化的拙劣先兆。 - His exit is a harbinger of an impending reversal in the recent decline in CEO turnover rates.
他的出局预示着，近来CEO流动率有所下降的局面即将出现逆转。 - Lu Xun will be for ever celebrated as the glorious harbinger of a new Chinese cultural movement.
鲁迅将永远作为中国新文化运动的光辉先驱受人歌颂。 - Harbinger of a new day.
带来了崭新的一天。 - For the Maya, a smoking volcano wasn't always a harbinger of doom.
对于玛雅人而言，一座冒烟的火山并不永远意味着厄运的凶兆。