auspicious
adjective /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/
/ɔːˈspɪʃəs/
(formal)- showing signs that something is likely to be successful in the future
synonym promising吉利的;吉祥的 - an auspicious start to the new school year
新学年的开门红 - It was an auspicious date for a wedding.
这是一个举行婚礼的吉祥日子。 - Their first meeting was hardly auspicious.
他们的第一次见面并不吉利。 - It was not a very auspicious beginning to his new career.
对他的新事业来说,这不是一个非常好的开始。 - We waited for an auspicious moment to make our request.
我们等待一个吉祥的时刻来提出我们的请求。
Collocations DictionaryAuspicious is used with these nouns:- beginning
- day
- occasion
- …
词源late 16th cent.: from auspice (from French, or from Latin auspicium, from auspex ‘observer of birds’, from avis ‘bird’ + specere ‘to look’) + -ous. - an auspicious start to the new school year