听声词典

bellwether

B 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈbelˌwe.ðər]
  • 美式音标 [ˈbelˌwe.ðɚ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 征兆，风向标；前导，领导者；群众的首领；系铃的公羊

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Earnings season also picks up with industry bellwethers Intel Corp., JPMorgan Chase &Co. and General Electric Co. releasing quarterly results.
    财报季节拉开序幕，行业巨头英特尔公司，摩根大通银行和通用电气公司纷纷公布季度财报。
  • "China's continued strong bank lending and massive reserve accumulation could be bellwethers of trouble to come, " said Eswar Prasad, former head of the International Monetary Fund's China division.
    “中国持续强劲的银行放贷和大规模外汇储备积累，可能是即将出现问题的先兆，”国际货币基金组织（IMF）中国部前主任埃斯瓦•普拉萨德（Eswar Prasad）表示。
  • The site presents the most current data from multiple sources in development bellwethers like public health, education and women’s empowerment.
    网站展示来自多种途径的发展指标的最新数据，如公共健康、教育和妇女权益。

    • 权威例句

  • Bellwethers such as International Business Machines and Oracle should fare relatively well, in our view.
    FORBES: S&P's View On U.S. Debt Downgrade's Impact On Tech
  • Other global bellwethers have also suffered this year due to a marked global slowdown.
    FORBES: FedEx Cuts Q1 Outlook: Ominous Message Ahead Of Earnings Season
  • With few statewide elections and nothing nationally in 2011, several initiatives in Ohio provide bellwethers with broad implications for 2012.
    FORBES: Buckeye State Collective Bargaining Battle Could Be National Bellwether

词组短语

    短语

  • Bellwethers Project 领雁工程

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • someone or something that shows how a situation will develop or change

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing.

专业释义

    新闻学与传播学

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