harbingers

英 [ˈhɑːbɪndʒəz]

美 [ˈhɑrbɪŋərz]

n.  (常指坏的)预兆，兆头
harbinger的第三人称单数和复数

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Four shrines, severed by the tears of a goddess and harbingers of mother angle.
  在四座神殿供上女神之泪，母天使就会降临。
• And beware all who descend from those skies, for they are the harbingers of death and destruction.
  同时要提防从那些天空下来的所有东西，因为那是死亡和毁灭的先兆。
• Therefore say up from this angle, Morris is one of the important harbingers of the modern design.
  因此，从这个角度上说，莫里斯是现代设计的重要先驱者之一。
• On those terms it cannot have a pre-modern history, only harbingers ( such as stewards).
  对这些条款不能有一个前现代历史上，只有预示（如管理者）。
• In our study of more than 200 years of banking crises we find rapid leverage build-up and sharp asset price inflation are often harbingers of financial crisis that politicians discount or ignore.
  我们在研究200多年来的银行业危机时发现，杠杆率迅速上升和资产价格急剧上涨，往往是金融危机的前兆，政治家对此不是低估就是忽视。
• Bluebirds, he would say, are harbingers of hope and triumph, renowned for family loyalty.
  他常常说，蓝鸟是希望和胜利的前兆，以对家庭的忠诚而出名。
• Investors and first-time buyers, the traditional harbingers of a housing rebound, are out in force here, competing for bargain-price foreclosures.
  对投资者和初次购买者来说，传统的房屋反弹预兆已经失效，在交易价中争夺丧失抵押赎回权。
• I suppose both grades were harbingers, since as President I did a good job with the nations economy and a poor job with my personal economic situation, at least until I left the White House.
  我想这两个成绩是一种预兆，因为作为总统，我在国家经济方面干得卓有成效，但在个人经济状况上却相当糟糕，至少在我离开白宫之前是这么回事。
• These are not the obvious harbingers of a two-state solution.
  这些都不是两国方案有望实现的明显预兆。
• What the harbingers of new culture faced was not how to take or reject the traditional culture, but criticize thoroughly and replace it with new culture.
  对于提倡新文化的先驱者来说，存在的不是对传统文化的选择取舍的矛盾，而是批判的彻底性和如何用新文化取代旧文化的问题。