首页英语词典inauspiciousinauspicious英英释意

inauspicious

英[ɪnɔː'spɪʃəs] 美[,ɪnɔ'spɪʃəs]
  • adj. 不祥的;不吉的,恶运的

英英释意


1. not auspicious; boding ill
2. contrary to your interests or welfare;
"adverse circumstances"
"made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
3. presaging ill-fortune;
"ill omens"
"ill predictions"
"my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley
"a dead and ominous silence prevailed"
"a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"