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。 - 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。 - 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。 - An icy harbinger of doom, channeling runic power and delivering rapid weapon strikes.
一位恶魔的先驱者，引导符文力量和给与快速的武器攻击。 - The emergence of bigger and even more complex financial behemoths all too big to fail is a harbinger of crises to come.
更大、甚至更为复杂的金融“巨兽”的出现都因太大而不会破产是危机将要来临的预兆。 - Whether the recent break is a harbinger of trouble will dominate debate in the short term.
近日的突破是否预示着麻烦将至，这将成为短期内人们争论的热点。 - Some commentators have taken all this as a harbinger of full capital-account convertibility.
一些评论员将上述情况视为资本账户可完全兑换的先兆。然而这个可能性并不大。 - In the absence of policy change the credit squeeze could be regarded as a harbinger of a Chinese crash to come.
如果没有政策上的变化，这场信贷紧缩可能会成为未来中国金融危机的预兆。 - And you can certainly take precautions to make sure that a runny nose is not the harbinger of a more serious disease.
而且你必定可以采取预防措施来确认流鼻涕不是更严重的病的预兆。