heralding

英 [ˈherəldɪŋ]

美 [ˈherəldɪŋ]

v.  是(某事)的前兆; 预示; 宣布(好或重要)
herald的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预告;预示…的来临
  Something thatheraldsa future event or situation is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.
  1. ...the sultry evening that heralded the end of the baking hot summer...
     预示着炙热的夏天即将结束的闷热夜晚
  2. Their discovery could herald a cure for some forms of impotence.
     他们的发现可能预示着为某些类型的阳痿找到了医治方法。
• N-COUNT 预兆
  Something that is aherald ofa future event or situation is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.
  1. I welcome the report as a herald of more freedom, not less...
     我认为这份报告预示着会有更多、而不是更少的自由，因此对它表示欢迎。
  2. For her, it was the herald of summer.
     对她来说，这是夏天来临的前奏。
• VERB 宣布;报告…的消息
  If an important event or actionis heralded bypeople, announcements are made about it so that it is publicly known and expected.
  1. Janet Jackson's new album has been heralded by a massive media campaign...
     珍妮·杰克逊的新专辑已经在媒体上进行了大规模宣传。
  2. Tonight's clash between Real Madrid and Arsenal is being heralded as the match of the season.
     今晚皇家马德里队和阿森纳队之间的对决被称为本赛季最重要的比赛。
• （古时的）传令官，使节
  In former times, aheraldwas a person who delivered and announced important messages.

双语例句

• Ethel was the quintessentially next-door neighbor, in and out our back door several times a day. "Oo-hoo" was her heralding call.
  埃塞尔实际上就是我们的紧邻，每天总要从我们家的后门口来回好几次，嘴里发出“喔&哦”的声音。
• Some have seen this flurry of activity as a "scientific revolution", heralding the beginning of the modern age.
  有的人认为，这样急速的变革是一次「科学的革命」，预示著近代的开始。
• There is an assumption in many parts of the world that the "crisis of capitalism" represented by the freezing up of the financial system will accelerate the long-term geopolitical shift, heralding the decline of us power and European influence.
  在世界上许多地方，有一种假设认为，以金融体系冻结为代表的“资本主义危机”，将加快长期的地缘政治变迁，开启美国实力和欧洲影响力的衰落进程。
• The move to prepayment makes a reduction of supplies to Ukraine increasingly likely, heralding the third gas war between the two countries in eight years and threatening deliveries to Europe.
  改为预付费方式加大了对乌克兰供应量降低的可能性，预示着两国间将出现8年内的第三次天然气之战，并可能会威胁到对欧洲的天然气供应。
• Waking to the dawn chorus was an especial joy as night faded and the sky grew light heralding a brand new day.
  当夜色褪去，醒来就听到清晨鸟语是一件特别快乐的事。天空放亮，预示着崭新的一天开始了。
• When the mountains are covered with snow in winter, the peach trees here do begin to bud, heralding the coming of spring to the Peach Flower Valley.
  当冬天大雪封山的时候，这里的桃花含苞待放，最早为桃花谷带来春天的信息。
• The Internet is already heralding a new era of centralization.
  互联网已经预示了一个全新的中心化时代即将到来。
• Faculty members and students, in 1949 when the College of Europe was established, the People's Republic of China was founded, heralding a new historical era in development of the Chinese nation.
  就在欧洲学院成立的1949年，中华人民共和国成立了，中华民族的发展从此开启了新的历史纪元。
• Ugh, behold the zoo animals heralding the new year, how tribal.
  看作动物园的动物，宣布新年，多有个性。
• George Eliot and Willa Cather were two stellar novelists heralding a new era for woman writing in Anglo-American literature history.
  乔治·艾略特和薇拉·凯瑟是英语文学史上两位一流的小说家，预示着妇女写作的新时代。