portent/ˈpɔ:tent; `pɔrtɛnt/ n~ (of sth) (fml 文) sign or warning of a future (often unpleasant) event; omen 预示; 预兆; （常指）凶兆 portents of disaster 凶兆 I see it as a portent of things to come. 我把它看作是将要到来的事物的前兆.
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