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por·ten·tous 英pɔːˈtentəs, pəʊr-美pɔrˈtɛntəs, por-AHDpôr-tĕnʹtəs, pōr- ☆☆☆☆☆高四Ｇ宝COCA⁴⁸³⁹¹BNC³⁹⁷⁸¹iWeb⁴¹³¹⁴Economist⁵³⁵⁸¹⁺¹
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adj.前兆的¹³;不吉的¹³;可怕的²⁰;煞有介事的¹³;自命不凡的⁴¹副词portentously名词portentousness
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Adjective:
of momentous or ominous significance;such a portentous…monster raised all my curiosity a prodigious vision ominously propheticpuffed up with vanity;a grandiloquent and boastful manner overblown oratory a pompous speech pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey 来自portent,恶兆，凶兆，-ous,形容词后缀。GRE红宝书源于: portentn 凶兆; 奇事; 又源于portendv 预示por = pro在前面, tend倾向－在前面有倾向－预示
potential 潜在的危险，前兆的portent-ous…的⇒adj.前兆的¹³;不吉的¹³;可怕的²⁰;煞有介事的¹³;自命不凡的⁴¹来自portentn.凶兆，预兆近义词 black黑的grave坟墓solemn庄严的pompous傲慢的fateful宿命的ominous不祥的haughty傲慢的serious严肃的alarming惊人的arrogant傲慢的fated命中注定的important重要的crucial决定性的overblown停息的forbidding可怕的prodigious巨大的significant重要的pontifical自以为是的foreboding不祥的预感threatening威胁性的pretentious自命不凡的grandiloquent辞藻浮华的self-important妄自尊大的
Pportentousnessn.凶兆预兆自负Pportentouslyad.不祥地有预兆地盛气凌人地
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用作形容词The present aspect of society isportentousof great change.现在的社会预示着重大变革的发生。
I see aportentousthing to come.我预感不祥的事情要来到了。
Such aportentousand mysterious monster roused all my curiosity.这样一个可怕而神秘的怪物激起了我所有的猎奇心。
Keep it, in any case, familiar, facetious even, rather then pedantic andportentous.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。adj.exciting;foreboding
同义词 apocalyptic,haunting,intriguing,ominousalarming,amazing,astounding,augural,destined,doomed,exhilarating,extraordinary,fated,fateful,ill-boding,ill-fated,impending,important,inauspicious,inspiring,phenomenal,premonitory,prophetic,remarkable,suggestive,threatening,thrilling
apocalypticaladjective prophetical
apocalyptic,fateful,oracular,predictive,prescient,prognosticative,prophetic,revelational,revelatory
dangerousadjective hazardous, troubling
alarming,bad,breakneck,chancy,critical,dangersome,deadly,delicate,dynamite,exposed,fatal,formidable,hairy,heavy,hot,impending,impregnable,insecure,jeopardous,loaded,malignant,menacing,mortal,nasty,no-go,on collision course,parlous,perilous,portentous,precarious,pressing,queasy,risky,serious,serpentine,shaky,speculative,terrible,thorny,threatening,ticklish,touch-and-go,touchy,treacherous,ugly,unhealthy,unsafe,unstable,urgent,viperous,vulnerable,wicked
direadjective terrible, ominous
afflictive,alarming,appalling,awful,black,calamitous,cataclysmic,catastrophic,cruel,deplorable,depressing,disastrous,dismal,distressing,dreadful,fearful,fierce,frightful,gloomy,grievous,grim,heartbreaking,horrible,horrid,lamentable,oppressing,portentous,redoubtable,regrettable,ruinous,scowling,shocking,terrific,ugly,unfortunate,woeful
direstadjective terrible, ominous
afflictive,alarming,appalling,awful,black,calamitous,cataclysmic,catastrophic,cruel,deplorable,depressing,disastrous,dismal,distressing,dreadful,fearful,fierce,frightful,gloomy,grievous,grim,heartbreaking,horrible,horrid,lamentable,oppressing,portentous,redoubtable,regrettable,ruinous,scowling,shocking,terrific,ugly,unfortunate,woeful
fatefuladjective significant
acute,apocalyptic,conclusive,critical,crucial,decisive,determinative,direful,doomful,eventful,important,inauspicious,momentous,ominous,portentous,resultful
frightful/frighteningadjective scary, shocking
alarming,appalling,atrocious,awesome,awful,chilling,daunting,dire,direful,dismaying,disquieting,dread,dreadful,fearful,fearsome,formidable,ghastly,grabber,grim,grisly,gruesome,hair-raising,hairy,harrowing,hideous,horrendous,horrible,horrid,horrifying,inconceivable,intimidating,lurid,macabre,menacing,morbid,ominous,petrifying,portentous,repellent,spooky,terrible,terrifying,traumatic,unnerving,unspeakable' As if she realises she might sound too portentous, she cracks a self-deprecating joke that nonetheless carries a sting of truth: ' It's quite an obsessive act making a film.
她可能觉得她这番话听起来有点凶多吉少，于是添了一个虽然自嘲但是还反映了部分实质内容的玩笑：“制作电影真是门赶鸭子上架的艺术。” hoolee8
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。 zftrans
A second portentous announcement, of the genome of mankind’s closest—albeit extinct— relative, Neanderthal man, shows the power of biology2.0 in a different way.
第二个预示性的声明是，人类近亲尼安德特人已灭绝的基因组报告表明了生物2.0时代的强大。 yeeyan
But for me, the surest laughs came from the portentous percussion in Carter Burwell's wonderful underscoring; it pile-drives an expectation of suspense that the film never delivers.
对我来说，真正的笑声是来自 Carter Burwell装腔作势的打击乐器，这样的配乐传递出影像并没有达到的对悬念的期待。 yeeyan
One does not have to look back of the last century for the beginnings of the present complexities of trade and perplexities of commercial speculation, nor for the portentous birth of national debts.
人们无需追溯到上一个世纪去探寻目前贸易上的复杂性和使人困惑的商业投机行为是怎样产生的，也无需这样做来了解国家公债是怎样奇异地诞生的。 scientrans
Some religious leaders and self-appointed sages have offered a variety of portentous reasons for embracing decrepitude instead of fighting it.
一些宗教的领导者和自诩的圣人都给出了不同的预示性原因去拥抱衰老而非抵抗。 ecocn
The words always had a portentous sound in my ears, like muffled drums or the words of the death sentence.
那句话在我耳朵里就像敲着闷鼓，如同被宣判了死刑。 yeeyan
There are flaws, of course and not just the portentous title.
当然，小说中也有瑕疵还不只是那个怪异的书名。 yeeyan
With“ Blue Nights”, named for the intense and portentous beauty of the dying light on a summer day, Ms Didion has translated the sad hum of her thoughts into a profound meditation on mortality.
借着《忧郁的夜》，这部以某个夏日里生命之光暗淡时的那种紧张而又不吉之美命名的书，琼•迪丹将自己思维里悲伤的呻吟译成了对死亡深厚的沉思。 ecocn |