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单词 augur
释义
augur
verb[I+ adv/prep,T]
formal
uk
/ˈɔː.ɡər/us
/ˈɑː.ɡɚ/
to be asignofespeciallygood orbadthings in thefuture:
预示，是…的预兆
The company'ssalesfiguresfor the first sixmonthsaugurwellfor therestof theyear.公司前6个月的销售额预示着下半年形势看好。
Do youthinkthat thisrecentministerialannouncementaugurs(= is asignof)ashiftingovernmentpolicy?你是否认为最近内阁发布的公告预示着政府政策要发生变化？
Synonyms
bodeformal
foreshadowformal
portendformal
presageformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Predicting things and intuition
  • augury
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  • betcha
  • bode
  • clairvoyance
  • far-sighted
  • instinct
  • intuit
  • intuition
  • intuitive
  • intuitively
  • prescience
  • prescient
  • prophecy
  • prophesy
  • prophetic
  • psychic
  • second-guess
  • the writing is on the wallidiom
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(Definition ofaugurfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaugur

augur
She however, notes rightly that the concentration of power in the hands of the chief executives does notaugurwell for democratic accountability.
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One can only speculate as to what this augurs for a future settlement to the country's conflict.
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English condemnations ofaugury and divination were more often directed not against its theoretical underpinnings but against its cultural setting.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It augurs well for the standing of the series as a whole.
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Such circumstancesaugurunfavourably for tackling parenthood at an early age.
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The small size of the microbioids <0.1 mm diameter (towards the lower limits of nanobacteria) augurs against a bacterial origin.
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Mechanistic spending restraints are less palatable when theyaugurpainful sacrifices to organized or sympathetic constituencies in exchange for the uncertain hope of diffuse public gain.
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Again, this augurs well for the environmentalists.
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Large-scale quantitative studies collected across a broad population can contextualize the individual communities' usages, andaugurthe direction of change in the use of linguistic variables.
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A new norm of 'transparency through fidelity' to the work guided both conducting and performing, auguring hierarchical relations between composer and interpreters, and between conductor and players.
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Thus, it seems more than a coincidence that this parameter for two media of widely different viscosities is in both cases close to that of an idealisedaugur.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It does notaugurwell judging how tender the light railway authorities will be with the huge volume that will be involved.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It does notaugurwell for more, and perhaps the more weighty, decisions which will be taken by our centralised and purposive planners.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It augurs well, indeed, for a first reading agreement.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This does notaugurwell for other areas of discussion.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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