augury是什么意思？

augury

英[ˈɔ:gjʊri] 美[ˈɔɡjəri]

• n. （古罗马）占卜术，占卜仪式，预兆；

复数：auguries;

例句

• an evil augury 恶兆
• The emperor blindly worshipped divination by augury and mystical intepretation of Confucianist texts. 这位皇帝非常迷信谶纬之言.
• Augury . Learn if an intended action will be good or bad. 卜筮:得知动作结果是好是坏.
• Still others believe it is a superstitious book augury. 许多人认为《周易》一部占卜的书,算命有关,涉嫌“迷信”.
• The maritime passage was a good augury for the aerial passage. 顺利的航海仿佛也是航空的好预兆.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  前兆；预兆；征兆
  An augury is a sign of what will happen in the future.
  例句
  The auguries of death are fast gathering round his head. 死亡凶兆迅速地在他脑海中盘旋。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  预兆
  an evil augury 恶兆

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come;
  "he hoped it was an augury""it was a sign from God"