n .
a precursor ; an indication ; an omen 선구자 ; 징후 ; 조짐

• When a toilet overflows, it is usually a _____ of plumbing problems to come.
• Priscilla found a silver dollar on the floor, and she viewed it as a _____ of the good luck she was certain to have on the slot machines that night.
• The vultures circling overhead were viewed as a _____ of doom by the starving, thirst-stricken settlers trying to claw their way across the sweltering desert floor several hundred feet below.
  수백 피트 아래의 찌는 듯한 사막을 필사적으로 손으로 헤치며 건너가려고 애쓰고 있는, 굶주리고 목마른 개척자들에게 머리 위에서 회전하고 있는 대머리수리들은 나쁜 운명의 징후로 보였다.