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单词 propitiously
释义
propitiouspro‧pi‧tious /prəˈpɪʃəs/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpropitious
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin propitius, from petere ‘to try to find or get’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The most propitious time for an attack was lost.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But this is a propitious moment.
  • Conditions in the aftermath of the 1905 revolution were propitious for stable development in countryside and city alike.
  • During the next few weeks my fortunes took a more propitious turn.
  • I continued, taking advantage of this propitious moment to ask.
  • The dynamics of partnership bargaining are hardly propitious for the specific kinds of cooperation that marriage and family require.
  • The times are only moderately propitious for establishing a memorable record.
  • This isn't a propitious start for him, poor devil.
  • You see, I was on my astrological cusp on Monday, it wasn't at all propitious for me.
good and likely to bring good results:  a propitious momentpropitious for Conditions after the 1905 revolution were propitious for stable development.propitiously adverb
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