presage
英 ['pres?d?]
美['pr?s?d?]
- n. 預感；前兆
- vt. 預感；預言
- vi. 預示；預言
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?presages;過去式:?presaged;過去分詞:?presaged;現在分詞:?presaging;
中文詞源
presage 預兆，預言
pre-,在前，早于，預先，-sag,感知，尋求，詞源同seek,sagacious.
英文詞源
- presage
- presage: see seek
- presage (n.)
- late 14c., "something that portends," from Latin praesagium "a foreboding," from praesagire "to perceive beforehand, forebode," from praesagus (adj.) "perceiving beforehand, prophetic," from prae "before" (see pre-) + sagus "prophetic," related to sagire "perceive" (see sagacious).
- presage (v.)
- 1560s, from Middle French présager (16c.), from présage "omen," from Latin praesagium (see presage (n.)). Related: Presaged; presaging.
雙語例句
- 1. By certain signs we may presage of heats and rains.
- 靠某種跡象,我們可以預測酷熱和下雨.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. When the weasel and the cat make a marriage , it is a very ill presage.
- 黃鼠狼和貓成親, 不是好兆頭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The change could presage serious problems.
- 這變化可能預示著有嚴重問題將要發生.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The lowering clouds presage a storm.
- 暗云低沉是暴風雨的前兆.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Such incidents often presage war.
- 那樣的(政治性)事件常成為戰爭的前兆.
來自辭典例句