Hoping this was an isolated incident, I spent that night awake, searching for more of her portentous advice, finding instance after instance of her wisdom come to fruition.(希望這只是一個(gè)個(gè)別的事件，那一晚我一直清醒著，在腦海中搜索母親更多的預(yù)言性的建議，發(fā)現(xiàn)她的智慧的預(yù)言一件一件地變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實(shí)。)

There are flaws, of course (and not just the portentous title).(當(dāng)然，小說中也有瑕疵（還不只是那個(gè)怪異的書名）。)

The words always had a portentous sound in my ears, like muffled drums or the words of the death sentence.(那句話在我耳朵里就像敲著悶鼓，如同被宣判了死刑。)

But for me, the surest laughs came from the portentous percussion in Carter Burwell's wonderful underscoring; it pile-drives an expectation of suspense that the film never delivers.(對我來說，真正的笑聲是來自CarterBurwell裝腔作勢的打擊樂器，這樣的配樂傳遞出影像并沒有達(dá)到的對懸念的期待。)

Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity.(這樣一個(gè)可怕而神秘的怪物激起了我所有的獵奇心。)

The paper confirms that the ocean is exquisitely sensitive to small variations in the earth's temperature - a portentous finding, given that human emissions are inducing a large temperature rise.(該論文確認(rèn)，海洋對地球溫度的微小變化非常敏感——鑒于人類排放在導(dǎo)致溫度大幅上升，這個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)令人擔(dān)憂。)

There was nothing portentous or solemn about him. He was bubbling with humour.(他身上一點(diǎn)也不裝腔作勢或故作嚴(yán)肅。他幽默十足。)

The Raelians are a small group, chiefly Canadian and French, founded by one Claude Vorilhon, who now goes by the more portentous handle of "Rael".(拉耶爾教派是一小撥人，主要成員是加拿大人和法國人，是由一個(gè)叫克羅德-沃利亞的人創(chuàng)立的，如今他以顯得更能預(yù)示未來的“拉耶爾”作為自己的名字。)

The portentous Thinker I placed on the edge of the cupboard so that he looked down at the bath towel and waited for it to slip.(那個(gè)怪異的思考者，我把它放到了櫥柜邊緣，這樣他好象在朝下盯著那條浴巾，等待著它掉下來。)

Europe's leaders plan a jamboree in Berlin that will issue a portentous declaration.(歐洲領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人計(jì)劃在柏林舉行盛大慶典，并發(fā)表一項(xiàng)重要的預(yù)示性宣言。)

The solemn and portentous look of an eminent physician about to impart grim news.