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

• Luther, according to the scandal of his monkish enemies, was a brat of that hellish breed; nor was Pearl the only child to whom this inauspicious origin was assigned among the New England Puritans.
  按照路德②在教会中那些敌人的谣言，他本人就是那种恶魔的孽种；而在新英格兰的请教徒中闯，有这种可疑血缘的，可不仅仅珠儿一个孩子。
• 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。
• 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。
• FORLORN shop facing a dusty car park in one of the poorest parts of Phoenix, Arizona, is an inauspicious place to start a closely watched experiment in global retailing.
  在亚利桑那州凤凰城最穷的一个地方，有一个尘土遍地的停车场，对面就是一个孤零零的商店。在这样一个全球零售业密切关注的国家把店开到这里肯定不是上上选。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• The Chinese people stress to send gifts in pairs, for odd numbers are regarded as inauspicious.
  中国人送礼物时很强调双数，因为单数被认为不吉利。