新GRE詞匯復(fù)習(xí)資料:auspicious

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auspicious: 幸運的; attended by favorable circumstances; propitious
    1) being of a good omen; successful
    2) promising success
    3) favorable
    4) favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices
    5) favorable successful prosperous
    auspicious <> ominous, dire, unpropitious, boding ill, ill-omened, untoward, inauspicious, unfavorable
    相近詞匯:favorable, propitious, benign, dexter
    It was auspicious that the sun shone on the first day of the trip.
    The campaign had an auspicious start, foreshadowing the future.