There was something portentous in his appearance.

他的外表有些不祥。

" To me it seemed perfectly appalling, disastrous, portentous" .

“对我来说，这似乎非常可怕、灾难性、不祥”。

The " cranks" were all rebels, and the list was portentous.

“疯子” 都是反叛者， 而且名单很不祥。

To Adams, Reeve's refusal seemed portentous.

对亚当斯来说， 里夫的拒绝似乎预示着不祥之兆。

He ran his eye down the pages, and his countenance grew portentous.

他的目光顺着书页扫过， 他的脸色变得不祥。

As Amy returned from her last trip, Mr. Davis gave a portentous " Hem" !

艾米上次旅行回来时，戴维斯先生不祥地“哼”了一声！

Mr. Bumble, catching at the inquiry very quickly, shook his head with portentous solemnity.

班布尔先生很快就明白了他的询问，带着不祥的庄严表情摇了摇头。

Next the loud mournful whistles, the portentous vibration and the boat, the human idea--is in motion.

接下来是响亮而悲伤的口哨声，不祥的振动和船，人类的想法——在运动。

Yet the four miles to the Creek are stirring, like the bleak, portentous beginning of a good tale.

然而，通往小溪的四英里路却在激荡， 就像一个美好故事的凄凉、不祥的开端。

(as in " burdened with making portentous decisions" ), which was added to our dictionary in 1934.

（如“承担着做出不祥的决定的负担” ），这些含义于 1934 年被添加到我们的词典中。