showing signs that something is likely to be successful in the future synonym promising吉利的;吉祥的 an auspicious start to the new school year 新学年的开门红 It was an auspicious date for a wedding. 这是一个举行婚礼的吉祥日子。 Their first meeting was hardly auspicious. 他们的第一次见面并不吉利。 It was not a very auspicious beginning to his new career. 对他的新事业来说,这不是一个非常好的开始。 We waited for an auspicious moment to make our request. 我们等待一个吉祥的时刻来提出我们的请求。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAuspicious is used with these nouns:- beginning
- day
- occasion
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from auspice (from French, or from Latin auspicium, from auspex ‘observer of birds’, from avis ‘bird’ + specere ‘to look’) + -ous.