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 harbinger ['hɑ:bindʒә]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 通告者, 预告者, 先驱, 预兆

vt. 预告, 充做...的前驱


  1. The crowing of the cock is a harbinger of dawn.
    鸡啼报晓。
  2. The cuckoo is a harbinger of spring.
    布谷鸟预告春天的来临。
  3. Exert thy voice, sweet harbinger of spring!
    敞开嗓门吧，春天甜美的使者！


harbinger
[ noun ]
  1. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

    2. <noun.communication>
[ verb ]
  1. foreshadow or presage

    2. <verb.communication> announce annunciate foretell herald


Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\ (h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]r), n. [OE.
herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr.
herbergier to provide lodging, F. h['e]berger, OF. herberge
lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See {Harbor}.]
1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the
English royal household who formerly preceded the court
when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. --Fuller.

2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.

I knew by these harbingers who were coming.
--Landor.


Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harbingered}
(h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harbingering}.]
To usher in; to be a harbinger of. ``Thus did the star of
religious freedom harbinger the day.'' --Bancroft.

  1. "This is a harbinger of things to come," said David Berger, a Philadelphia attorney who brought the latest action for Mr. Abramson.
  2. The thrift industry ended 1987 with a flurry of government-aided mergers of failing institutions, a harbinger of what is predicted for 1988.
  3. But the CBS decision that the trip's expense outweighed its news value was a harbinger of television coverage this election season.
  4. The alternative view is that they represent the harbinger of a more general round of disappointing results.
  5. A downturn in housing has often been the harbinger of the onset of a recession, but analysts said they believed falling mortgage rates offered the hope of a rebound in home sales in coming months.
  6. Traders feared that the prime rate increase was a harbinger of widespread interest rate increases and rekindled inflation.
  7. Each question received careful attention and a lengthy considered reply, a harbinger for what is going to take place in Tokyo next week.
  8. Nevertheless, some U.S. patent attorneys feel the British decision may be a harbinger of things to come, if not an outright precedent.
  9. The loss was the harbinger of several in fixed-income trading.
  10. But James C. Sanders, president of the Beer Institute, said that the Surgeon General's attack had become an annual harbinger of the Halloween season and that there was no indication that more minors were consuming alcoholic spirits.
  11. The Reagan administration and the Democratic-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee clashed over two unratified nuclear test treaties, in what could be the harbinger of arms-control fights to come.
  12. But investors may be optimistic if they think such generosity is a harbinger of things to come.
  13. As a harbinger, Mr. Schwab said, Charles Schwab Corp.'s operating profit for the fourth quarter would lag the already depressed third-quarter level, partly reflecting higher expenses.
  14. Rain fell early today in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, a harbinger of possible flash floods.
  15. He said even more Soviet Jews could visit this year. "We consider this a harbinger of better times," said Hirsch, who stopped in Geneva during a trip to meet with Swiss Jewish leaders.
  16. The mass resignation of Palestinian police officers will add a new strain and could be the harbinger of larger and more serious defections to come.
  17. More than 6 inches of snow fell on much of Illinois, providing some encouragement for farmers who feared the shortage of winter moisture was a harbinger of another drought.
  18. Long a tool to address hot local concerns, ballot questions have become a useful harbinger of national issues and trends as well.
  19. Some analysts attributed the recent run-up to technical factors. During the rally, bond traders ignored soaring commodity prices, a harbinger of higher inflation that usually leads to credit market declines.
  20. In addition, money supply growth has slowed in recent months, and some analysts fear this could be a harbinger of even slower economic growth.
  21. Some analysts took the report as a possible harbinger of better days ahead for the slumping housing industry.
  22. Wall Street's initial reaction was indifferent but a broad advance came later as analysts interpreted the report as an encouragement for the Fed to relax credit and thus as a possible harbinger of lower interest rates.
  23. Galston said that "could well turn out to be the harbinger of our party's national fate."
  24. The tongue-lashing was a harbinger of things to come: In September 1987, the government declared worthless all banknotes over 15 kyat (officially $2.34 but about one-seventh of that on the black market).
  25. Executives with both companies said the transaction could be a harbinger of a consolidation trend among regional brokerage houses to ward off increasing competition.
  26. Stephens, who portrayed himself as a harbinger of change during his two-year campaign, pledged that change will be for the better.
  27. The drop was eerily reminiscent of a 108-point Dow drop on a Friday exactly two years ago, which proved to be a harbinger of the century's second stock market disaster on the following Monday _ Oct. 19.
  28. The Hungarian decision is a harbinger of the establishment of full diplomatic ties between Israel and Hungary in the coming weeks and of direct flights between the Soviet Union and Israel in the future, said WJC sources.
  29. Many investment managers fear higher commodity prices are a harbinger of increased inflation, which could prompt the Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest rates further.
  30. Another harbinger of change is the push to put a woman on the union's 17-member executive board.
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