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Consumer spending represents two-thirds of the nation's economic activity, and analysts said the striking sales declines at retailers almost certainly portended an extended, severe recession.

消费开支一般占国民经济活动的2/3，分析家指出零售业销售额的萎缩很可能预示着更广泛、更严重的经济衰退。

Now, these feelings are usually accurate for the simple reason that the struggle for survival would have bred out strains that tended to make spontaneous misreadings of what their felt impulses portended.

现在，这些感受常常是准确的，因为在生存竞争中这样的才胜出。

Unfortunately, the snot portended Tata's prematured death.

可惜这两条鼻涕也预示了 Tata 的早逝。

I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her.

我的确注意到，跑上楼来，让她的呼吸变得很快，还有就是突然冒出来的细微声响也会让她吓一跳，还有她有时候可得非常厉害。

Everything portended pathos, not action.

一切都是为激情，而不是为剧情作好准备：凡是不为激情而设的，就被视为不足取。

But my analysis of USAir's business was both superficial and wrong. I was so beguiled by the company's long history of profitableoperations, and by the protection that ownership of a senior security seemingly offered me, that I overlooked the crucial point: USAir's revenues would increasingly feel the effects of an unregulated, fiercely-competitive market whereas its cost structurewas a holdover from the days when regulation protected profits. These costs, if left unchecked, portended disaster, however reassuring the airline's past record might be.

不过我对于美国航空业的分析研究实在是过于肤浅且错误百出，我被该公司过去历年来的获利能力所蒙骗，同时过分相信特别股可以提供给我们在债权上的保护，以致于忽略了最关键的一点︰那就是美国航空的营收受到毫无节制的激烈价格竞争而大幅下滑的同时，其成本结构却仍旧停留在从前管制时代的高档，这样的高成本结构若不能找到有效解决的办法，将成为灾难的前兆，不管以前航空业曾经享有多么辉煌的历史。

Based on the knowledge and results gained from detail researches, select some a roadway as trial area to study further and validate the structural rheology and to search the sound countermeasure. The trial roadway, 50 m long, is portended that very large deformation and serious damage will happen, so its stability is very poor and its support very difficult.

基于围岩结构性流变的认识，在金川二矿区1198分段，选择了变形破坏严重、支护难度较大的巷道作为试验巷道(50m)，以进一步研究高应力区结构流变围岩及其工程对策。

They weren't aggressive, but I yelled and threw a rock in their direction to get them off the trail and away from me, just in case.

他们没有侵略性，但我大喊，并在他们的方向扔石头让他们过的线索，远离我，以防万一。

In slot 2 in your bag put wrapping paper, quantity does not matter in this case.

在你的书包里槽2把包装纸、数量无关紧要。