音标:['presɪdʒfʊl] ;
a. 有充分预兆的;预兆的;预感的;=ominous
a. Full of presages; ominous.

presage的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Suddenly he had a presage about the near danger.他突然对即将到来的危险有了一种预感。
  2. It's a presage of doom.这是世界末日的预兆。
用作动词(v.)
  1. Such incidents often presage war.那样的事件常成为战争的前兆。
  2. Those black clouds presage a storm.那乌云预示着暴风雨将要来临。

经典引文

  • This last night was to be a grim presage of the future.

    出自:N. Sherry
  • Have not eclipses been esteemed as omens presaging some direful calamity?

    出自:Joyce
  • The sky presaged snow.

    出自:P. L. Fermor
  • A newly constructed hotel..opened on the bay outside..San Antonio, presaging a tourist boom.

    出自:M. Richler
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