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

• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is inauspicious to walk under a ladder.
  从梯子下走过是不吉利的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。