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小词详解 | harbinger
harbinger 英 [ˈhɑːbɪndʒə(r)] 美 [ˈhɑːrbɪndʒər]
In America, meanwhile, the curve is inverted—interest rates on ten-year bonds are lower than on three-month bills—a peculiar situation that is a harbinger of recession.
与此同时,美国债券市场的收益率曲线出现了倒挂——10年期债券的利率低于三个月债券的利率,这种奇怪情形是经济衰退的前兆。
——《经济学人》Bitcoin was meant to transform El Salvador's economy, catapulting the poor Central American nation into an unlikely harbinger of a financial revolution.
比特币旨在改变萨尔瓦多的经济,使这个贫穷的中美洲国家一跃成为一场金融革命的冷门先驱。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 某个事物的先驱
He stays frozen as ice, still as a stick; his nose drips silently into dirty clothes, a pajama-cord—snake-like harbinger of doom!—inserts itself into his left nostril.
他像冻僵似的一动不动,鼻涕静静地流到脏衣服上。一条睡衣带子——像蛇一样的报凶信的使者——钻到他左边鼻孔里。
presage: a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen herald: a person or thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen forerunner: a person or thing that precedes the coming or development of someone or something else