Word · Frequency #20456
harbingering
预示；是…的前兆
harbingering is the present participle of harbinger.
核心释义
To announce or signal the coming of something; to be a sign or forerunner of.
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预示或先于......到来；成为......的前兆。
To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.
预示或先于......到来；成为......的前兆。；预告；充做...的前驱
用法In use
The dark clouds harbingered an impending storm.
用法提示：这里harbingered是harbinger的过去式，作动词，意为‘预示’。
The robin's song often harbingers the start of spring.
用法提示：这里harbingers是harbinger的第三人称单数形式，作动词，意为‘预示’。
The economic downturn harbingered widespread job losses.
用法提示：这里harbingered是harbinger的过去式，作动词，意为‘预示’。
harbinger + noun
动词用法，表示‘预示’或‘是…的前兆’。
The economic downturn harbingered a period of high unemployment.
经济衰退预示着一场高失业率的时期。
be harbingered by + noun
被动语态，强调某事物被另一事物所预示。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- harbinger the coming of
- 预示……的来临
- Dark clouds harbinger the coming of a storm.乌云预示着暴风雨的来临。
- harbinger a new era
- 预示着新时代
- These discoveries may harbinger a new era in medicine.这些发现可能预示着医学的新时代。
- harbinger the end of
- 预示……的终结
- The sudden silence harbingered the end of the argument.突然的沉默预示着争吵的结束。
- harbinger spring
- 预示春天的到来
- The return of migratory birds harbingers spring.候鸟的回归预示着春天的到来。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 harbour（港口）：船靠岸前先有海鸟飞来，harbinger 就是先到的“预兆”，作动词即“预示”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学语境、新闻报道 harbinger 作动词时通常用于正式或文学语境，多出现在书面语中，日常口语中很少使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，后接名词或从句
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words share the spelling -nger. It is pronounced /ndʒə/ in ginger, messenger, passenger, and danger (and in harbinger), but /ŋə/ in singer and hanger. Ginger, messenger, and passenger match harbinger's final unstressed /ɪndʒə/ exactly, but none is a true rhyme because the stressed vowel differs.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.