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
- From these inauspicious beginnings, the world of software development has given rise to numerous other myths.
从这种误解开始，软件开发领域产生了很多荒谬的言论。 - Ancient Chinese people thought that dreams can imply auspicious and inauspicious things.
古人认为梦可以预示吉兆和恶运。 - According to the five ceremonies auspicious, inauspicious, fine, guest, military, we analyze the jade articles 'distinctive status and important effect in the ceremony civilization.
分别从这个时期吉、凶、宾、军、嘉五礼，分析玉器在礼制文明中的独特地位和重要作用。 - 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。 - The signs are inauspicious.
种种迹象并不令人乐观。 - 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。 - 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。 - The likeness is indeed true, but it is a dull, dead, unfeeling, inauspicious likeness.
真的，它确实很象，但却是一种呆滞死板，暮气沉沉，毫无情感的相似。 - With these inauspicious circumstances, it is no surprise the IMF is rapidly burying its multilateral consultations on global imbalances.
由于这些不利的环境，难怪国际货币基金组织迅速结束了关于全球失衡问题的多边磋商。 - 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。