| 单词 | inauspicious |
| 释义 | inauspicious (once / 10198 pages) adj Reaching into your hat to pull out a rabbit and instead removing a sock can seem like an inauspicious start to your magic show. Inauspicious describes something that seems unpromising or unlikely to be successful. If it's unlucky, badly timed, or it seems to point to an unhappy outcome, it's inauspicious. A dark, stormy sky on the day of a wedding can be seen as inauspicious, and so can an awkward job interview. The opposite of inauspicious is auspicious, which means lucky or promising. Both words come from the Latin auspicium, which has to do with predicting the future by observing the flight of birds. WORD FAMILYinauspicious: inauspiciously, inauspiciousness+/auspicious: auspiciously, auspiciousness, inauspicious USAGE EXAMPLESIt all spells an inauspicious start to the year of the rooster, or chicken, according to the Asian zodiac. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) But even those inauspicious moments on “Restaurant Startup” gave way to on-camera praise from a Whole Foods executive. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) The “alt-right” visit to Washington DC had got off to an inauspicious start. The Guardian(Nov 21, 2016) 1adj not auspicious; boding ill Syn|Ant unfortunate unpromising unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment auspicious auguring favorable circumstances and good luck bright, hopeful, promisingfull or promise fortunate, rosypresaging good fortune propitiouspresenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success 2adj presaging ill fortune "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley Syn ill, ominous unpropitious not propitious 3adj contrary to your interests or welfare Syn adverse, untoward unfavorable, unfavourable not encouraging or approving or pleasing |
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