omens

英 [ˈəʊmɛnz]

美 [ˈoʊmənz]

n.  预兆; 前兆; 征兆
omen的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 征兆；预兆；兆头
  If you say that something is anomen, you think it indicates what is likely to happen in the future and whether it will be good or bad.
  1. Her appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster...
     她在此刻出现预示着一场灾难。
  2. Could this at last be a good omen for peace?
     这是否终于可以视作和平的吉兆了？

双语例句

• There is no famine at present, but the omens for the winter are not good and many people will face starvation.
  目前没有饥荒，但是冬天的预兆不好，很多人会面临饥饿。
• Since a king and a prime minister once lived here, it must be a place with auspicious geomantic omens.
  商王和宰相都住过这里，这里一定是一块风水宝地。
• In the Omens scenario, players will have to fight a religious war in the New World.
  在预兆剧本里，玩家将不得不在新大陆打一场宗教战争。
• The omens are not encouraging.
  各种预兆并不令人鼓舞。
• Such omens betide no good. Many of the physical features that make us attractive to one another are, in fact, signals of our health and fertility.
  许多使我们对他人具有吸引力的身体特征，其实是表现健康与生育能力的征兆。
• By performing samyama on the two types of karma, active and dormant, or upon omens and portents, the exact time of death can be predicted.
  对当前和休眠的业，或对预兆与征兆作三夜摩（冥想），能预知死亡的准确时间。
• Nor are the bad omens confined to the presidential race.
  坏兆头并非只出现在总统大选中。
• But the omens are bleak.
  但目前的兆头并不好。
• 10. Bad omens are also part of Halloween celebrations.
  恶兆也是万圣节庆祝活动的一部分。
• You're confident of the meaning of these omens?
  你确信那些神兆的意义吗？