单词	presage
释义	presagepres‧age /ˈpresɪdʒ, prəˈseɪdʒ/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINpresage Origin: 1500-1600 presage ‘something that shows the future’ (14-21 centuries), from Latin praesagium, from praesagire, from sagire ‘to understand clearly’ Verb Table VERB TABLE presage Simple Form Present I, you, we, they presage he, she, it presages Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they presaged Present perfect I, you, we, they have presaged he, she, it has presaged Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had presaged Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will presage Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have presaged Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Recent small earthquakes may presage a much larger one. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Alternatively, this finding may presage respiratory failure. It was Mellor who salvaged something from the disastrous 1990 Broadcasting Bill, which presaged the widely-ridiculed independent television franchise round. The inauguration of the new astronomer royal presaged a drastic reversal of fortune for John Harrison, whom Halley had always admired. They presage the reinvention of Reaganomics for the 21st century. We should hope that it presages a more thorough review of alcohol taxation. With the benefit of hindsight, the merger presaged the crest of the stock market wave. Yet the Josephite victory presaged no broader attempt to circumscribe royal power. formal to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad:  The large number of moderate earthquakes that have occurred recently could presage a larger quake soon.—presage noun [countable]:  a presage of doom
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