When Mr. and Mrs. Dursley woke up on the dull, grey Tuesday, our story starts, there was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country.

当德思礼先生和夫人在灰暗阴沉的星期二早晨醒来时，我们的故事便了。外面浓云低垂的天空并没有丝毫迹象预示这地方即将发生神秘古怪的事情。

Moreover, the symptoms can portend serious health problems in the future.

此外，这些症状可能预示着未来严重的健康问题。

Such events may forecast an outbreak of war.

这些事件可能预示着战争的爆发.

There was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country.

窗外浓云低垂的天空并没有丝毫迹象预示这地方即将发生神秘古怪的事情。

A fever usually signifies that there is something wrong with the body.

发烧通常预示着身体有毛病。

In emerging markets past glories are often a foretaste of future triumphs.

在新兴市场，旧日辉煌往往预示着明日成功。

Spring is an auspicious time to most of the people as it heralds the beginning.

对大多数人来说春天是幸运的，因为它预示着。

All this points to a future in which the Conservative Party stumbles from crisis to crisis.

所有这些都预示着保守党在一场又一场危机中跌跌撞撞的未来。

They interpreted the animals as a sign of impending doom and retreated.

他们认为这些动物预示着厄运即将来临，于是撤退了。

The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.

这时电话铃响了。它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。

A bear market doesn't always signal a severe economic downturn.

熊市并不总是预示着严重的济衰退。

The resulting video may signal the kinds of augmented reality developments soon to come.

由此产生的视可能预示着未来各种增强现实技术的发展。

The answers in the first area foreshadow most of the rest.

关于第一个方面的回答预示着本书接下去的大部分内容。

In fact, the boy's birth heralded a brief period of calm.

事实上，男孩的出生预示着一段短暂的平静时期。

What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!

预示着幸福和谐！

The question for China, and for the many companies and countries around the world linked to its economy, is whether Mr Li's travails are indicative of a much broader problem.

对于中国以及全球许多与中国济相关的企业和国家来说，眼前的一个问题是，李新明的遭遇是否预示着一个更广泛的问题。

It blocks the progress we were starting to make towards ideas that –though important and interesting – also presented marked threats to short-term peace.

阻碍我们获得一些重要而有趣的想法，同时也预示着内心暂时的宁静被打破。

In fact, recent research has found that both the quality and quantity of shared book reading in infancy predicted later childhood vocabulary and reading skills.

事实上，最近的研究发现，婴儿时期共享书籍朗读的质量和数量都预示着儿童后期的词汇量和阅读技能。

These same surviving Mayans were the same people debunking doomsday prophecies and insisted that the calendar meant a new age, not the end of the world.

但玛雅后代亲自戳穿祖先预言，称日历预示新纪元，而非世界末日。

This color change usually indicates prolonged exposure to Spice — an addictive psychoactive substance found only on the planet Arrakis, considered the most valuable substance in the universe.

这种颜色的变化通常预示着她长时间接触了“香料”——一种只有在阿瑞克斯星球上才能找到的令人上瘾的精神活性物质，被认为是宇宙中最珍贵的物质。