/亦读prɪˈseɪdʒ/
with obj.
1- (of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen预示; 预兆：
the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow.
沼泽地上空云层密布是下雪的征兆。
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- archaic (of a person) predict〈古〉预言; 预感：
lands he could measure, terms and tides presage.
土地他可以丈量, 期限和趋势则只能凭预感。
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- a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent预示, 预兆; 不祥之兆：
the fever was a sombre presage of his final illness.
这次发烧是他最后病症的不祥征兆。
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- archaic a feeling of presentiment or foreboding〈古〉预感; 预知：
he had a strong presage that he had only a very short time to live.
他有一种很强的预感：他时日无多了。
派生词
presager
noun （archaic 〈古〉）词源
late Middle English (as a noun)： via French from Latin praesagium, from praesagire 'forebode'， from prae 'before'+sagire 'perceive keenly'.