bad omen

基本解釋

But for others, the eclipse was seen to be a bad omen.
但是對于有些人而言，日食也被視為不祥之兆。
It’s also a bad omen for home prices and sales, and everyone whose savings are mainly in their homes.
同樣有壞兆頭的是房屋的價格和銷售，以及把存的錢主要放在自己家的人。
It was a bad omen last year when this freewheeling western conservative in the Reagan mould went off to court the intolerant Christian right.
當去年這位來自西部如里根總統(tǒng)一樣隨心所欲的保守派跑去刻意討好他本不能容忍的基督教右派時，這種糟糕的征兆就有了苗頭。

Before long, therefore, Target's famous bull's-eye logo could begin to look like a bad omen.
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But a cautious stance from China is nonetheless a bad omen, particularly if the global economic situation gets any worse.
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"It's kind of a bad omen, " said Dave Arnold, a hydrogeologist who has surveyed sinkholes for the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
NPR: Work Continues, Future Uncertain For Sinkhole Site