inauspicious
英 [ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs]
美 [ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs]
adj. 预示前景黯淡的; 不祥的; 不吉利的
BNC.32994 / COCA.27562
牛津词典
adj.
- 预示前景黯淡的；不祥的；不吉利的
showing signs that the future will not be good or successful- an inauspicious start
不吉利的开头
- an inauspicious start
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 不祥的;凶兆的;不吉利的
Aninauspiciousevent is one that gives signs that success is unlikely.- The meeting got off to an inauspicious start when he was late.
他迟到了,会议一开始就不顺利。
- The meeting got off to an inauspicious start when he was late.
双语例句
- After an inauspicious start, Scotland went on to win the match by three goals to two.
在不顺的开场之后，苏格兰队最终以3比2赢了比赛。 - For China's estimated 130m migrant workers, this inauspicious start to the Year of the Ox is only likely to get worse.
对于中国约1.3亿农民工而言，牛年开头就不吉利，而情况可能只会变得更糟。 - All along the way people make great efforts to avoid any inauspicious influence.
一路上人们都会竭力避免不好的影响。 - Luther, according to the scandal of his monkish enemies, was a brat of that hellish breed; nor was Pearl the only child to whom this inauspicious origin was assigned among the New England Puritans.
按照路德②在教会中那些敌人的谣言，他本人就是那种恶魔的孽种；而在新英格兰的请教徒中闯，有这种可疑血缘的，可不仅仅珠儿一个孩子。 - The world's newest long-haul budget airline got off to an inauspicious start yesterday after its debut flight from Hong Kong to London was cancelled because it lacked permission to fly over Russia.
上星期，世界最新的长途经济航空公司在香港首航不顺利。由于没有飞越俄国上空的批准，该公司由香港飞往伦敦的航班在首天被逼取消。 - It mainly includes two parts: auspicious& inauspicious signs from heaven.
它主要包括天显祥瑞和天降灾异两个方面。 - The signs are inauspicious.
种种迹象并不令人乐观。 - 9/ 11 ( 2001) another inauspicious start to the decade.
9•11（2001）本十年又一不祥开端。 - Dutch statisticians have established that Friday13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday.
翻译公司最新消息：荷兰统计学家日前公布，在很多国家被认为不吉利的黑色星期五其实比普通星期五更安全。 - Clearly, most investors have not seen higher commodity prices as inauspicious, merely as a symptom of robust global demand.
很明显，大多数的投资者并没有将商品的高价看作凶兆，而只是作为大量全球需求的象征。