harbingers

英 [ˈhɑːbɪndʒəz]

美 [ˈhɑrbɪŋərz]

n.  (常指坏的)预兆，兆头
harbinger的第三人称单数和复数

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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• I suppose both grades were harbingers, since as President I did a good job with the nations economy and a poor job with my personal economic situation, at least until I left the White House.
  我想这两个成绩是一种预兆，因为作为总统，我在国家经济方面干得卓有成效，但在个人经济状况上却相当糟糕，至少在我离开白宫之前是这么回事。
• On those terms it cannot have a pre-modern history, only harbingers ( such as stewards).
  对这些条款不能有一个前现代历史上，只有预示（如管理者）。
• I've explained in previous articles in this series that cyclomatic complexity tends to be one of the harbingers of sticky code.
  我在本系列前面的文章中已经解释了圈复杂性，它是令人讨厌的代码的一种先兆。
• Bluebirds, he would say, are harbingers of hope and triumph, renowned for family loyalty.
  他常常说，蓝鸟是希望和胜利的前兆，以对家庭的忠诚而出名。
• Investors and first-time buyers, the traditional harbingers of a housing rebound, are out in force here, competing for bargain-price foreclosures.
  对投资者和初次购买者来说，传统的房屋反弹预兆已经失效，在交易价中争夺丧失抵押赎回权。
• The conceptual framework of this model provides a theoretical basis for how novel therapies can be designed to selectively target only the T cells that are harbingers of autoimmunity.
  这一理论模式提供了如何在医学实践中选择性靶向抑制那些可以导致自身免疫病的T细胞的新型诊疗途径的理论基础。
• A deep and rich cultural scene and a vast, broad geographical face are often reliable harbingers of one tasty aspect of a country's tourist allure: cuisine.
  深厚丰富的文化景观和博大广阔的地理风貌往往预示着一个国家的旅游业中拥有颇具吸引力的一面：美食。
• In our study of more than 200 years of banking crises we find rapid leverage build-up and sharp asset price inflation are often harbingers of financial crisis that politicians discount or ignore.
  我们在研究200多年来的银行业危机时发现，杠杆率迅速上升和资产价格急剧上涨，往往是金融危机的前兆，政治家对此不是低估就是忽视。
• AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages-Susan Sontag.
  爱滋病是地球村反面乌托邦式的先驱-苏珊·桑塔格。
• The latest figures are seen by many to be harbingers of financial doom.
  许多人认为最新的数据是财政恶运的预兆。