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presaging

/noun pres-ij; verb pres-ij, pri-seyj/US // noun ˈprɛs ɪdʒ; verb ˈprɛs ɪdʒ, prɪˈseɪdʒ //

预见性,预示着,预见性的,预测性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a presentiment or foreboding.
    • : something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication.
    • : prophetic significance; augury.
    • : foresight; prescience.
    • : Archaic. a forecast or prediction.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pres·aged, pres·ag·ing.

    • : to have a presentiment of.
    • : to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow: The incidents may presage war.
    • : to forecast; predict.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pres·aged, pres·ag·ing.

    • : to make a prediction.
    • : Archaic. to have a presentiment.

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Examples

  • It strikes me as a presage of the challenges we’ll increasingly face to survive the climate crisis while we work to solve it.

  • From quotes Clinton a lot, and he credits Clinton with saying that an intellectual resurgence has to presage political power.

  • But I recall nothing in Possession, Angels & Insects, Babel Tower, or her other books that seems to presage this one.

  • There were so many unmistakable signs to presage what was coming that I knew a cannibal feast was about to take place.

  • The song is founded upon the story of the aged couple of whom I spoke, and is regarded as a contribution of good presage.

  • Only for a moment could any presage of personal fear cloud the sweet serenity of the Maid's nature.

  • Ominous word at such a moment, but the presage of something darker and more ominous still.

  • The most encouraging time for them was from the year 1874 to 1875, when all seemed to presage better days for them.