| 单词 | presage |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['presidʒ] |
| 解释 | n.预感；v.预示 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 预感(an intuition or feeling of the future);v. 预示(foreshadow, foretell) 【考】 harbinger : presage / archetype : exemplify(预兆有预测作用/原 型有示范作用) 【记】 pre(预先)+sage(智者 ，智慧)→预知 【例】 Some people say that the appearance of a black cat presages good luck. |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 不祥预感; v 不祥预示 【记】pre前, sage(n 智者, 智慧)－有提前预知的智慧－预感 【类】harbinger: presage = archetype: exemplify预兆有预测作用 = 原型有示范作用 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】pre + sage 智者，圣人→提前就知世事的圣人；sage 汉语拼音像：先知 【相关】prophetic 预言的 |
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