portentous
英 [p??'tent?s]
美 [p?r't?nt?s]
助記提示
1. por- "pro-, forth, forward" + tent- + -ous.
2. 字面含義：stretch forward.
3. => foretell, reveal; point out, indicate.
中文詞源
portentous 壞的預兆的來自portent,惡兆，兇兆，-ous,形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- portentous (adj.)
- 1540s, from Latin portentosus "monstrous, marvelous, threatening," from portentem "portent" (see portend). Related: Portentously.
雙語例句
- 1. Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.
- 眾多事關重大的抉擇強加在了他身上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The present aspect of society is portentous of great change.
- 現在的社會預示著重大變革的發生.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous.
- 同樣從社會政治學上看，城市對20世紀思想、文化的貢獻也意義重大。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.
- 在我面前展現出一條新的十年的兇多吉少 、 咄咄逼人的道路.
來自英漢文學 - 蓋茨比
- 5. There was nothing portentous or solemn about him. He was bubbling with humour.
- 他一點也不裝腔作勢或故作嚴肅，渾身散發著幽默。
來自辭典例句