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单词 inauspicious
释义
inauspicious
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌɪn.ɔːˈspɪʃ.əs/us
/ˌɪn.ɑːˈspɪʃ.əs/
showingsignsthat something will not besuccessfulorpositive:
不吉利的，不祥的
After an inauspiciousstart,Scotlandwent on towinthematch.苏格兰队开场不顺，但后来还是赢得了比赛。
Synonyms
adverse
disadvantageous
unfavourableUK
Opposite
auspiciousformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unsuccessful (people and things)
  • abortive
  • achiever
  • be dead in the wateridiom
  • botched
  • counterproductive
  • flatline
  • frustrated
  • futile
  • go/get/head nowhereidiom
  • lame duck
  • no-win
  • rope
  • small-time
  • small-timer
  • stillborn
  • struggling
  • unavailing
  • vain
  • vainly
  • washed up
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inauspiciously
(Definition ofinauspiciousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

inauspicious| American Dictionary

inauspicious
adjective
us
/ˌɪn·ɔˈspɪʃ·əs/
suggestingthatsuccessis notlikely:
After an inauspiciousstart,ourteamwent on towinthegame30 to 24.
(Definition ofinauspiciousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinauspicious

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Its start wasinauspicious, with only seventy-three members, and shrouded in controversy.
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The choice of the martial administrator could not have been moreinauspicious.
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It was, to say the least, aninauspiciousbeginning to an acquaintanceship that would span many decades.
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The death of a loved one, normatively, is often a veryinauspiciousoccasion, and yet it is one from which we may not only survive, but thrive.
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It was aninauspiciousstart.
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Bridal lamentations never refer to aninauspiciousevent such as qiangqin, but provide a wealth of information about feminine codes of propriety.
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By assessing the impact of recent electoral reforms and institutional change, it underscores the contribution that institutional engineering and electoral reform can make to further democratisation ininauspiciousenvironments.
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He saw human beings as being by their very nature malleable, susceptible to education and improvement;inauspiciouscircumstances alone were the source of evil in man.
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It was, perhaps, a somewhatinauspiciousomen at this early stage that they should have mast-headed the white flag.
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This committee reported in 1931 at a moment when it was somewhatinauspiciousfor embarking on ventures of this kind.
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Frominauspiciousand tiny beginnings, we have reached the position that we are in today.
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Therefore, this provision comes at a veryinauspicioustime, to say the least.
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He started off with theinauspiciousname of.
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I think that this was probably because the first of the four years proved veryinauspiciousfor funding.
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It may be that that is aninauspicioustime to sell.
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