portentous的意思

portentous

英式音标[pɔr'tɛntəs]
美式英标[pɔː'tentəs]

基本解释

adj. 不祥的；预兆的；令人惊讶的

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.

实用例句

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。

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.

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。

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.

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。

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