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
- The Chinese people stress to send gifts in pairs, for odd numbers are regarded as inauspicious. So, dual Euler method is better than quaternion method in the solution of the singularity of the Euler equation.
中国人一般讲究礼品成双，因为奇数被视为不吉利。因此，对于解决欧拉方程奇异性来讲，双欧法要优于四元数法。 - FORLORN shop facing a dusty car park in one of the poorest parts of Phoenix, Arizona, is an inauspicious place to start a closely watched experiment in global retailing.
在亚利桑那州凤凰城最穷的一个地方，有一个尘土遍地的停车场，对面就是一个孤零零的商店。在这样一个全球零售业密切关注的国家把店开到这里肯定不是上上选。 - Answer: well, nobody may take it into much account, because it will be considered inauspicious.
回答：每人会对这个问题多想的，因为可能会认为不太吉利。 - This procedure is very inauspicious, usually we manage it to be called "the accident".
这种做法是很不吉利的，通常我们管它叫“三长两短”。 - 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。 - 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。 - Bad luck has it that most primary commodity and food prices have risen at this most inauspicious time.
不幸的是，在这个最不顺利的时间点上，多数主要大宗商品及食品价格都已上升。 - It is inauspicious to walk under a ladder.
从梯子下走过是不吉利的。 - 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。 - 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。