• n. 預感；前兆
• vt. 預感；預言
• vi. 預示；預言

pre-,在前，早于，預先，-sag,感知，尋求，詞源同seek,sagacious.

presage

presage: see seek

presage (n.)

late 14c., "something that portends," from Latin praesagium "a foreboding," from praesagire "to perceive beforehand, forebode," from praesagus (adj.) "perceiving beforehand, prophetic," from prae "before" (see pre-) + sagus "prophetic," related to sagire "perceive" (see sagacious).

presage (v.)

1560s, from Middle French présager (16c.), from présage "omen," from Latin praesagium (see presage (n.)). Related: Presaged; presaging.

1. By certain signs we may presage of heats and rains.

靠某種跡象,我們可以預測酷熱和下雨.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. When the weasel and the cat make a marriage , it is a very ill presage.

黃鼠狼和貓成親, 不是好兆頭.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The change could presage serious problems.

這變化可能預示著有嚴重問題將要發生.

來自辭典例句

4. The lowering clouds presage a storm.

暗云低沉是暴風雨的前兆.

來自辭典例句

5. Such incidents often presage war.

那樣的(政治性)事件常成為戰爭的前兆.

來自辭典例句