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　

GRETEM8

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
  Synonym:forerunnerpredecessorheraldprecursor

verb

• foreshadow or presage
  Synonym:announceannunciateforetellherald

双语例句

• The bullish message was reinforced a day later when NSN clinched a$ 7bn deal with Harbinger Capital Partners, a New York hedge fund, to build and operate a new fourth-generation US mobile network.
  仅仅一天之后，这一乐观情绪又得到了加强&NSN与纽约对冲基金HarbingerCapitalPartners达成了一项70亿美元的交易，将一同在美国建设并运营一个新的第四代移动网络。
• Mistrust of the government making this request could be the harbinger even the cause of national decline.
  不信任提出这种请求的政府，可能成为国家衰落的先兆（甚至是原因）。
• Harbinger of a new day.
  带来了崭新的一天。
• These celebrations harbinger social harmony and amity and preach the lofty Jain motto Live and Let live.
  这些仪式预示着社会和谐，和睦，宣扬着崇高的耆那教教训生和放生。
• A stronger dollar has historically proved to be the harbinger of turmoil in the developing world.
  传统上，美元走强被证明是发展中国家陷入动荡的预兆。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nonetheless, researchers say, the test is a harbinger of things to come.
  虽然如此，研究者们称该测试是一个先驱。
• 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。
• Some commentators have taken all this as a harbinger of full capital-account convertibility.
  一些评论员将上述情况视为资本账户可完全兑换的先兆。然而这个可能性并不大。