V-T If something portends an event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future. 预示; 预兆; 预报 [正式]
The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
该变化没有预示社会状况的基本改观。
Then came a day when the chill air portended a snowstorm.
随后而来的是一股强冷空气，这预示着暴风雪的来临。
To those who portended its demise, the euro zone's turnaround has been astonishing.
对于那些谁预示了欧元区没落的人来说，欧元区的复苏是惊人的。
But I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her.
然而，我不知道这些症状意味着什么，所以没有同情她的念头。
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