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unpropitious

/pruh-pish-uhs/US // prəˈpɪʃ əs //UK // (prəˈpɪʃəs) //

不吉利,不吉利的,不利于,不利的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
    • : indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens.
    • : favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods.

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Examples

  • The moment is all the more propitious given the weakness of rivals like Party City and the large drugstore chains.

  • This country was so cold and sterile and unpropitious that winter predominated, and it was difficult to support life.

  • His mind was harassed by unpropitious dreams, and in his weariness his pursuers came upon him unawares.

  • Perhaps this is only figurative, as in the case of the unpropitious forest-deities.

  • The varieties which are growing there seem to be rather better adapted to withstand the unpropitious surroundings.

  • During the succeeding years, Detroit was again one of the points towards which an unpropitious fate pointed a finger.