heralding

英 [ˈherəldɪŋ]

美 [ˈherəldɪŋ]

v.  是(某事)的前兆; 预示; 宣布(好或重要)
herald的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预告;预示…的来临
  Something thatheraldsa future event or situation is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.
  1. ...the sultry evening that heralded the end of the baking hot summer...
     预示着炙热的夏天即将结束的闷热夜晚
  2. Their discovery could herald a cure for some forms of impotence.
     他们的发现可能预示着为某些类型的阳痿找到了医治方法。
• N-COUNT 预兆
  Something that is aherald ofa future event or situation is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.
  1. I welcome the report as a herald of more freedom, not less...
     我认为这份报告预示着会有更多、而不是更少的自由，因此对它表示欢迎。
  2. For her, it was the herald of summer.
     对她来说，这是夏天来临的前奏。
• VERB 宣布;报告…的消息
  If an important event or actionis heralded bypeople, announcements are made about it so that it is publicly known and expected.
  1. Janet Jackson's new album has been heralded by a massive media campaign...
     珍妮·杰克逊的新专辑已经在媒体上进行了大规模宣传。
  2. Tonight's clash between Real Madrid and Arsenal is being heralded as the match of the season.
     今晚皇家马德里队和阿森纳队之间的对决被称为本赛季最重要的比赛。
• （古时的）传令官，使节
  In former times, aheraldwas a person who delivered and announced important messages.

双语例句

• Ugh, behold the zoo animals heralding the new year, how tribal.
  看作动物园的动物，宣布新年，多有个性。
• Wholesale US petrol prices yesterday hit the key$ 2 a gallon mark for the first time since October, having risen 80.4 per cent this year, and heralding an increase in petrol cost which could hit consumer confidence.
  美国批发汽油价格昨日触及每加仑2美元，这是自去年10月份以来首次达到这一关键价位。美国批发汽油价格今年已上涨80.4%，引发汽油零售价上升，有可能打击消费者信心。
• Heralding a new school of art, architecture and design in Weimar, Germany, he declared that this new building "will one day rise towards heaven as the crystalline symbol of a new and coming faith".
  他扬言，“有朝一日，新建筑会像即将来临的新信仰的水晶象征一样，冉冉升上天堂”，这宣告着德国魏玛艺术、建筑和设计新流派的诞生。
• When the mountains are covered with snow in winter, the peach trees here do begin to bud, heralding the coming of spring to the Peach Flower Valley.
  当冬天大雪封山的时候，这里的桃花含苞待放，最早为桃花谷带来春天的信息。
• George Eliot and Willa Cather were two stellar novelists heralding a new era for woman writing in Anglo-American literature history.
  乔治·艾略特和薇拉·凯瑟是英语文学史上两位一流的小说家，预示着妇女写作的新时代。
• Waking to the dawn chorus was an especial joy as night faded and the sky grew light heralding a brand new day.
  当夜色褪去，醒来就听到清晨鸟语是一件特别快乐的事。天空放亮，预示着崭新的一天开始了。
• The washing line is a banner of sorts heralding the increasing popularity of jobs in the service sector among the young Chinese migrant workers who staff the factories that dominate the manufacturing heartland in southern China.
  服务业工作在中国年轻打工者中越来越受欢迎，这从晾衣绳上晾晒的制服中可见一斑。而在位于中国南方的制造业中心，为打工者提供最多工作岗位的还是一家家工厂。
• The move to prepayment makes a reduction of supplies to Ukraine increasingly likely, heralding the third gas war between the two countries in eight years and threatening deliveries to Europe.
  改为预付费方式加大了对乌克兰供应量降低的可能性，预示着两国间将出现8年内的第三次天然气之战，并可能会威胁到对欧洲的天然气供应。
• Ethel was the quintessentially next-door neighbor, in and out our back door several times a day. "Oo-hoo" was her heralding call.
  埃塞尔实际上就是我们的紧邻，每天总要从我们家的后门口来回好几次，嘴里发出“喔&哦”的声音。
• It is the heralding of a new age of responsibilities.
  那预示着一个充满责任的新时期的开始。