bad omen

基本解释

But for others, the eclipse was seen to be a bad omen.
但是对于有些人而言，日食也被视为不祥之兆。
It’s also a bad omen for home prices and sales, and everyone whose savings are mainly in their homes.
同样有坏兆头的是房屋的价格和销售，以及把存的钱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.
当去年这位来自西部如里根总统一样随心所欲的保守派跑去刻意讨好他本不能容忍的基督教右派时，这种糟糕的征兆就有了苗头。

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.
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