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
  1. an inauspicious start
     不吉利的开头

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.
  1. 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。

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。
• The signs are inauspicious.
  种种迹象并不令人乐观。
• Since their inauspicious beginnings, all four of these units have embarked on a path that has taken them far from their original mandate of debt resolution units to becoming quasi-boutique investment banks.
  从不吉利的起点出发后，四家资产管理公司所走的道路全都远远偏离了处置不良债务的初衷，而摇身变成了准精品投资银行。
• The typical answers were inauspicious.
  我看到的答案一般是负面的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。