portents
n.预兆,征兆:预示未来事件的现象或标志,通常指不祥的事物。
例句
The polls corroborate the baleful economic portents.
民意调查加重了这种经济的不祥之兆。
But even with this extra support, labour-market portents still look grim.
但是即使采取了额外支持措施,劳动力市场依然阴霾密布。
Indeed on most criteria, the portents of trouble were more marked than in past crises.
事实上,按大多数标准,这次危机的预兆要比之前的危机还要引人注意。