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。
• It is inauspicious to walk under a ladder.
  从梯子下走过是不吉利的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious. Conclusion ( 1) There is an association early awakening with psychomotor retardation in patients with depression.
  悲剧性的以不幸结束的或有可能以不幸结束的；不祥的结论（）郁症的早醒可能与精神运动性阻滞相关联。
• 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。
• 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。
• Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers, and present it to the reader.
  既然我们要讲述的故事要从这一不样的门口开篇，而恰恰在门限处一眼便可望见这丛野玫瑰，我们怎能不摘下一朵玫瑰花，将其呈献给读者呢！
• 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”。