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

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。
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。
9/ 11 ( 2001) another inauspicious start to the decade.
9•11（2001）本十年又一不祥开端。
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。
The world's newest long-haul budget airline got off to an inauspicious start yesterday after its debut flight from Hong Kong to London was cancelled because it lacked permission to fly over Russia.
上星期，世界最新的长途经济航空公司在香港首航不顺利。由于没有飞越俄国上空的批准，该公司由香港飞往伦敦的航班在首天被逼取消。
All along the way people make great efforts to avoid any inauspicious influence.
一路上人们都会竭力避免不好的影响。
It is inauspicious to walk under a ladder.
从梯子下走过是不吉利的。
The open desolation at the foot of the walls and their towering height filled him with foreboding as he went, so much so that he even skirted crows scavenging on the rubbish heaps for fear of startling them into inauspicious cawing.
城根的空旷，与城墙的高峻，教他越走越怕。偶尔看见垃圾堆上有几个老鸦，他都想绕着走开，恐怕惊起它们，给他几声不祥的啼叫。
From these inauspicious beginnings, the world of software development has given rise to numerous other myths.
从这种误解开始，软件开发领域产生了很多荒谬的言论。
With these inauspicious circumstances, it is no surprise the IMF is rapidly burying its multilateral consultations on global imbalances.
由于这些不利的环境，难怪国际货币基金组织迅速结束了关于全球失衡问题的多边磋商。