英语释义

• indicate by signs;

  "These signs bode bad news"

• a sign of something about to happen;

  "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

片语

Omen Exitio天魔毁灭瘟疫

Auspicious Omen吉祥；好兆头

OMEN TRILOGY兇兆三部曲

bad omen兇兆

auspicious omen吉祥；好兆头

omen foreshadow预兆

good omen好兆头

Blood Omen凯恩的遗产

英汉例句

• like all the cottagers in blackmoor vale, tess was steeped in fancies and prefigurative superstitions; she thought this an ill omen - the first she had noticed that day.

  像布莱克莫尔谷所有的村民一样，苔丝的头脑里充满了无稽的幻想，尽是相信预兆的迷信；她心里想，被玫瑰花刺扎了，这不是一个好兆头——这是那天她注意到的第一个预兆。

• in a 1-out-of-365 chance, or less considering leap year, palmisano and rometty share the same birthday, july 29th; is that an omen of some kind?

  彭明盛和罗曼提的生日在同一天——都是7月29日，这可是365分之1的小概率事件——若是考虑闰年因素，那还要小一些，莫非这是什么征兆？

• gold’s fall could be an omen in another way, too.

  金价的下降也可能是另外一种方式的预兆。

• it was a bad omen last year when this freewheeling western conservative in the reagan mould went off to court the intolerant christian right.

  当去年这位来自西部如里根总统一样随心所欲的保守派跑去刻意讨好他本不能容忍的基督教右派时，这种糟糕的征兆就有了苗头。

• it’s also a bad omen for home prices and sales, and everyone whose savings are mainly in their homes.

  同样有坏兆头的是房屋的价格和销售，以及把存的钱主要放在自己家的人。

• but as i was reading the latest bad news, i found myself wondering whether this war is an omen — a sign that the second great age of globalization may share the fate of the first.

  然而，当我在看最新的坏消息时，我突然怀疑这场战争是否是一种前兆——预示着第二次全球化时代或许会和第一次遭受同样命运的不祥之兆。

• the first is that one culture’s lucky sign is often another’s omen of disaster. the second is that not everyone may experience an 「unlucky」 event at once.

  一是一些文化中的幸运符在另一些里往往是灾难的象征，二是并不是每个人都能即时的经历不幸遭遇。

• mr. obama’s ability to attract wildly enthusiastic crowds to rallies is a good omen for the general election; so is his ability to raise large sums.

  奥巴马吸引广大狂热的民众参加选战是大选的一个良好预兆，而他能够募集大量竞选资金的能力也很突出。

• a more alarming omen is the 8% fall in german factory orders in september, led by weak foreign demand.

  一个更让人担心的预兆就是受国外需求减弱的影响，德国工厂的订单数在九月下降了8%。

• its cries are said to resemble a wailing woman and are perceived by locals as an omen of death.

  它的叫声据说像女人的哭泣并且被当地人认为是死亡的前兆。

• but the episode served as an omen of things to come.

  但是这段运气不好的情节只是将来发生的事件的一个预兆。

• the munda tribe see such a growth in young children as a bad omen and believe it makes them prone to attacks by tigers and other animals.

  蒙达部落认为年幼的孩子长这样的牙齿是不祥之预兆，预示着这孩子将会遭到老虎或其他动物的袭击。

• it is said to be an omen of misfortune.

  那被认为是一种不幸的先兆。

• the rising possibility that mr sarkozy will lose the presidential election in france in 2012 is also a good omen for turkey.

  而萨科奇将在2012年法国大选中败北的可能性正逐步增大，这对土耳其来说也是好的预兆。

• but at least one omen is encouraging.

  但至少有一个兆头鼓舞人心。

相似词

indication指示，指出；迹象；象征

portent前兆；预示；迹象；异常之物

sign签署；签名

warning警告；预兆；预告

signify有重要性；要紧；冒充内行

forecast预报，预测；预示；预言；进行预报，作预测

indication指示，指出；迹象；象征

portent前兆；预示；迹象；异常之物

warning警告；预兆；预告

threat威胁，恐吓；兇兆

sign签署；签名

symptom[临床] 癥状；征兆

foreboding预感的；不祥之兆的