augur
美音:[´ɔgə
]
英音:[´ɔgə
]
n.(古罗马用观察飞鸟行动等方法预卜未来的)占兆官,占卜师,预言者 v.占卜,预言
难易程度:
augur为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:augured 过去分词:augured 现在分词:auguring 第三人称单数:augurs 形容词:augural
词根
avi=bird（鸟）
近义词, 同义词
prediction announcement plan premonition warning prognosis prophecy vaticination prognostication augury auspices harbinger forecast omen soothsaying fortune telling crystal gazing divination necromancy predict prognosticate prophesy vaticinate divine foretell soothsay forewarn presage augur bode forebode foretoken betoken prefigure portend foreshadow herald
augur
v
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: augur 'person who tells the future' (14-21 centuries), from Latin]
augur well/badly/ill
formal to be a sign that something will be successful or unsuccessful
= bode
Today's announcement of 300 redundancies does not augur well for the local economy.
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: augur 'person who tells the future' (14-21 centuries), from Latin]
augur well/badly/ill
formal to be a sign that something will be successful or unsuccessful
= bode
Today's announcement of 300 redundancies does not augur well for the local economy.
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