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auspicious

/aw-spish-uhs/US // ɔˈspɪʃ əs //UK // (ɔːˈspɪʃəs) //

吉祥如意,吉祥,吉祥的,祥瑞

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
    • : favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.

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Examples

  • To those in the business, the timing of these trends and the steady uptick in astrological interest feels auspicious.

  • I went to France at an auspicious time to be making this private discovery.

  • It was fairly auspicious timing, as those things go, falling the same day seven public health departments launched a joint shelter-in-place order in its native California.

  • There were plenty of technical issues at first, leading to a less than auspicious first impression.

  • She takes over the position at an auspicious time for the newspaper.

  • But even though 2014 is only halfway over, it already seems like an auspicious year for the “other” parent.

  • The timing is auspicious for such a move with the Tiananmen anniversary fast approaching.

  • It was an auspicious time for a 21-year-old woman to publicly document her sexual escapades and humiliations.

  • Yet a screaming headline on the Drudge Report—SHARPTON WAS FBI MOB RAT—was hardly an auspicious way to begin a momentous week.

  • That heritage is probably just as auspicious as is proprietorship of The Tonight Show.

  • We soon found opportunity for another deed of charity not dissimilar to this, though its result was more auspicious.

  • Augustine skilfully seized the auspicious moment; she threw herself into her husband's arms, and pointed to the portrait.

  • He entered upon his government under auspicious circumstances.

  • It was at this auspicious moment that Meade's division advanced alone to pierce the Rebel line.

  • It was an auspicious moment,—a golden opportunity, such as does not often come to military commanders.