an inauspicious start
不吉利的开头
牛津词典
The meeting got off to an inauspicious start when he was late.
他迟到了,会议一开始就不顺利。
The likeness is indeed true, but it is a dull, dead , unfeeling, inauspicious likeness.
真的,它确实很象, 但却是一种呆滞死板, 暮气沉沉, 毫无情感的相似.
辞典例句
It was an inauspicious start, to say the least.
这就是联邦调查局不太显赫的开端.
期刊摘选
My words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven.
我的话伴随着不祥的雷鸣响彻寰宇.
期刊摘选
Thirteen is an inauspicious number. No one like to live in that room.
13是个不吉利的数字, 没人愿意住一个有不祥号码的房间.
期刊摘选
The Chinese people stress to send gifts in pairs, for odd numbers are regarded as inauspicious.
中国人一般讲究礼品成双, 因为奇数被视为不吉利.
期刊摘选
It is a superstitious tradition that corvine is inauspicious.
传说老鸹是种不吉利的鸟,其实那只是大家的一种迷信.
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The purchase comes at an inauspicious time in commercial real estate, amid falling prices high debt.
斯皮策此次投资正值商用房地产行业水深火热之时, 房价接连下挫、到处都是负债.
期刊摘选
These inauspicious yet historically important rooms have been hidden from the public for too long.
雷德告诉记者说:这些现在看来有些阴森但是具有重要历史意义的房间已经隐藏了太长时间了.
期刊摘选
It is inauspicious to walk under a ladder.
从梯子下走过是不吉利的.
辞典例句
The meeting got off to an inauspicious start when he was late.
他迟到了，会议一开始就不顺利。
柯林斯例句
"adverse circumstances"
"made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
"ill omens"
"ill predictions"
"my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley
"a dead and ominous silence prevailed"
"a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"