portentous

portentous

英 [pɔː'tentəs]
　　美 [pɔr'tɛntəs]

adj. 不祥的；預兆的；令人驚訝的

中文詞源：

portentous 壞的預兆的

來自portent,惡兆，兇兆，-ous,形容詞後綴。

例句：

1. Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.
眾多事關重大的抉擇強加在瞭他身上。

2. The present aspect of society is portentous of great change.
現在的社會預示著重大變革的發生.

3. In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous.
同樣從社會政治學上看，城市對20世紀思想、文化的貢獻也意義重大。

4. Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.
在我面前展現出一條新的十年的兇多吉少 、 咄咄逼人的道路.

5. There was nothing portentous or solemn about him. He was bubbling with humour.
他一點也不裝腔作勢或故作嚴肅，渾身散發著幽默。