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
- The sword is a harbinger of enmity and bitterness.
刀剑预示着仇恨和痛苦。 - 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。 - 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？ - Still, France's left is casting the results from Sunday's vote as a harbinger of two bigger elections next year-for the presidency and lower house.
尽管如此，星期天的投票预示着法国的左派在明年两个更大的选举成绩，这两个选举就是总统选举和国民议会选举。 - Harbinger of a new day.
带来了崭新的一天。 - Sany is not a typical Chinese company, but it is a harbinger of things to come.
三一重工不是一家典型的中国企业，但它代表着未来的方向。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Lu Xun will be for ever celebrated as the glorious harbinger of a new Chinese cultural movement.
鲁迅将永远作为中国新文化运动的光辉先驱受人歌颂。