inauspicious是什么意思？

inauspicious

英[ˌɪnɔ:ˈspɪʃəs] 美[ˌɪnɔˈspɪʃəs]

• adj. 不祥的，凶兆的，不幸的，倒霉的；

副词：inauspiciously;

例句

• The likeness is indeed true, but it is a dull, dead , unfeeling, inauspicious likeness. 真的,它确实很象, 但却是一种呆滞死板, 暮气沉沉, 毫无情感的相似.
• It is inauspicious to walk under a ladder. 从梯子下走过是不吉利的.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  不祥的;凶兆的;不吉利的
  An inauspicious event is one that gives signs that success is unlikely.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. not auspicious; boding ill
  2. contrary to your interests or welfare;
  "adverse circumstances""made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
  3. presaging ill-fortune;
  "ill omens""ill predictions""my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley"a dead and ominous silence prevailed""a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"