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单词 auspicious
释义

auspicious

English

Etymology

From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (augury), from auspex (augur), possibly via French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪʃəs

Adjective

auspicious (comparative more auspicious, superlative most auspicious)

  1. Of good omen; indicating future success.
  2. Conducive to success.
    Synonyms: favourable, favorable, promising, propitious, fortunate, lucky
    This is an auspicious day.
  3. Marked by success; prosperous.
    Synonyms: lucky, fortunate
    • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii], lines 8–14, page 153, column 2:
      Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, now our Queen, / Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this warlike State, / Haue we, as ’twere, with a defeated ioy, / With one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye, / With mirth in Funerall, and with Dirge in Marriage, / In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole / Taken to Wife []

Antonyms

  • disastrous
  • ruinous
  • inauspicious
  • ominous

Derived terms

  • auspiciously
  • auspiciousness

Translations

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