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

• 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。
• The signs are inauspicious.
  种种迹象并不令人乐观。
• 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 world's newest long-haul budget airline got off to an inauspicious start yesterday after its debut flight from Hong Kong to London was cancelled because it lacked permission to fly over Russia.
  上星期，世界最新的长途经济航空公司在香港首航不顺利。由于没有飞越俄国上空的批准，该公司由香港飞往伦敦的航班在首天被逼取消。
• 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。
• 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。
• It mainly includes two parts: auspicious& inauspicious signs from heaven.
  它主要包括天显祥瑞和天降灾异两个方面。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。