portentous

portentous什么意思,portentous翻译

基本解释

adj.: 预示（坏事）的；先兆的；煞有介事的；装腔作势的
网络: 奇特；不祥的；预示性的

权威解释

• 预示（坏事）的；先兆的:

  important as a sign or a warning of sth that is going to happen in the future, especially when it is sth unpleasant

• 煞有介事的；装腔作势的；装模作样的:

  very serious and intended to impress people

英汉解释

• 不详的;怪异的

• 〔蔑称〕自命不凡的;妄自尊大的

• 〔戏谑语〕(沉默等)严肃的

• 可惊的,怪异的;奇特的;可怕的

• 预兆的;不吉的

同义词

adj.significantimportantcrucialominousfateful

反义词

adj.trivialmodest

例句

• When a political journalist isn"t sure of their ground, the first rule is to keep things portentous, but vague.

  当连一个政治记者都不知道自己立场时，第一守则是，保持预见性，但是很模糊地。

• Before me stretched the portentous , menacing road of a new decade.

  在我面前展现出一条新的十年的凶多吉少、咄咄逼人的道路。

• Answer: Workshop worker can hide below car, machine tool and loftier equipment, not portentous fluster runs.

  答：车间工人可以躲在车、机床及较高大的设备下，不可惊慌乱跑。

• Keep it, in any case, familiar, facetious even, rather than pedantic and portentous.

  无论如何，要使它显得很随便，甚至滑稽可笑，而不要显得很迂腐，夜郎自大。

• Recent developments are as portentous as the collapse of Berlin Wall.

  最近的事态发展一如柏林墙倒塌般重大。

• He introduced each portentous subject with buoyant enthusiasm.

  他热情彭湃地介绍着每个怪异的话题。

• Toad was quite alarmed at this very serious and portentous style of greeting.

  癞哈蟆对这种异常严肃而又吉凶莫测的欢迎方式感到忐忑不安。

• unless they"re especially portentous. Do you know what that word means?

  除非梦境特别凶你知道那个字的意思吧？

• Strikes occurred, but none as portentous as the strike in the Lenin shipyards in Gdansk that began on August 14, 1980.

  罢工时有发生，但影响最深远的莫过于1980年8月14日在格但斯克列宁造船厂爆发的大罢工。

• The three rooms seemed in portentous disorder. All about lay her things in confusion.

  三个房间乱得令人难以置信，凯蒂所有的东西都扔得乱七八糟。