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

• Therefore say up from this angle, Morris is one of the important harbingers of the modern design.
  因此，从这个角度上说，莫里斯是现代设计的重要先驱者之一。
• 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。
• Four shrines, severed by the tears of a goddess and harbingers of mother angle.
  在四座神殿供上女神之泪，母天使就会降临。
• As canaries in coal mines go, mining shares tend to be reliable harbingers of a sell-off in industrial commodities in a downturn.
  在煤矿里用金丝雀来预警的时代已经过去，矿业股正成为经济下滑时工业用大宗商品是否会遭抛售的可靠预兆。
• And beware all who descend from those skies, for they are the harbingers of death and destruction.
  同时要提防从那些天空下来的所有东西，因为那是死亡和毁灭的先兆。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All the methods, techniques, technologies, and systems are harbingers and at the same time hallmarks of the digital enterprise era that is just beginning to dawn.
  所有的方法、技巧、技术和系统都预兆着，同时标志着，数字化企业时代的黎明正在到来。
• What the harbingers of new culture faced was not how to take or reject the traditional culture, but criticize thoroughly and replace it with new culture.
  对于提倡新文化的先驱者来说，存在的不是对传统文化的选择取舍的矛盾，而是批判的彻底性和如何用新文化取代旧文化的问题。