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
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.- 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。
- The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter.
英英释义
noun
- something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
verb
- foreshadow or presage
双语例句
- 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。 - If not its cause, others may wonder if the swooning equity market is the harbinger of economic distress.
如果说股市暴跌不是经济萧条的元凶，那么人们可能想知道，它是否是经济低迷的先兆。 - 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。 - Without that change, the resolution of this crisis can only be the harbinger of the next.
不做出这一改变，这场危机的解决只能预示着下一场危机的到来。 - But if foreign earnings have helped US multinationals stave off a fall in profitability, the question is whether the current reliance on the rest of the world is just a cyclical phase or the harbinger of a transformation in corporate America.
但如果说海外收入帮助美国的跨国企业避免了利润率的下降，那么现在的问题是，当前对世界其它地方的依赖究竟只是一个周期性阶段，还是美国企业界变革的预兆？ - The shift of deposits and money out of Scotland this week is a harbinger.
上周存款和资金流出苏格兰，就是一个兆头。 - His exit is a harbinger of an impending reversal in the recent decline in CEO turnover rates.
他的出局预示着，近来CEO流动率有所下降的局面即将出现逆转。 - 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 massive cloud that converges in the firmament above is a hulking harbinger of China's impending change.
汇聚在天空中的大朵白云成为中国即将发生的变化的拙劣先兆。 - Many sense Iraq is also a harbinger.
很多人的感觉是，伊拉克还预示着未来。