augur 的 3 个定义
- one of a group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs.
- soothsayer; prophet.
- to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate.
- to serve as an omen or promise of; foreshadow; betoken: Mounting sales augur a profitable year.
- to conjecture from signs or omens; predict.
- to be a sign; bode: The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area.
augur 近义词
predictor
predict; be an omen of
更多augur例句
- And they augur badly for the overall effort, revealing the deep level of distrust the Turkish president harbors for the West.
- This is a trend that does not augur well for a Paul candidacy.
- The three elections were all about the same thing—hope for this new future the Obama coalition seemed to augur, or fear of it.
- Though fraudulent inducement does not ordinarily augur well, it worked.
- The pope's comment that he wouldn't 'judge' gay priests seemed to augur a new era of inclusiveness from the church.
- The return of these men, if indeed they were responsible for the condition of the man upstairs, might augur further evil for him.
- Here is a short-handled augur, to make a hole for the saw to go through.
- The mode in which the title was acquired did not augur well for the justice or the morality which was to reign there.
- This, however, proves a certain delicacy of feeling, and such traits lead me to augur all that is good.
- I augur no good for him, said Madame Germeuil, who breathed more freely since the face had withdrawn from the gate.