| 单词 | augur |
| 释义 | augur (once / 3151 pages) vn To augur is to predict or indicate. A black cat passing in front of you is said to augur bad luck, but if you love cats you can choose to believe that it augurs good luck instead. In the past, when you said you would augur the future it meant you would predict it. That form of augur is rarely used today, but the sense of prediction — connected to an object or event — remains. Dark clouds augur a rainstorm. If you skip a dress rehearsal before opening night of a show, it won’t augur well for your performance. The Latin root stems from an ancient Roman religious official who predicted the future from omens. WORD FAMILYaugur: augured, auguring, augurs USAGE EXAMPLESThe way Leicester City rounded off the greatest year in their history augurs well for 2017. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Half its citizens, or more, are worried about what a Trump presidency augurs. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) Responding to the new quotas, representatives from the industry said they believed this augurs well for the future of British fishing outside the EU. BBC(Dec 16, 2016) 1v predict from an omen Hyper anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise make a prediction about; tell in advance 2v indicate by signs Syn|Hypo|Hyper auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate threaten to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain" foreshowforetell by divine inspiration bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal be a signal for or a symptom of 3n (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy Syn|Hyper auspex oracle, prophesier, prophet, seer, vaticinator an authoritative person who divines the future |
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