aus·pi·cious
adjective/ɔːˈspɪʃəs/
/ɔːˈspɪʃəs/
(formal)- showing signs that something is likely to be successful in the future
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日。 - Their first meeting was hardly auspicious.
他们的第一次见面并不顺利。 - It was not a very auspicious beginning to his new career.
对于他的新职业生涯来说，这并不是一个非常吉祥的开始。 - 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要求。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAuspicious is used with these nouns:- beginning
- day
- occasion
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from auspice (from French, or from Latin auspicium, from auspex ‘observer of birds’, from avis ‘bird’ + specere ‘to look’) + -ous. - an auspicious start to the new school year