Propitious
[prə'pɪʃəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success; 'propitious omens'; 'propitious gales speeded us along'; 'a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration' .
贝丝編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.
(a.) Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Gracious, benevolent, benign, kind.[2]. Auspicious, lucky, happy, fortunate, favorable, opportune, prosperous, promising, in a fair way.
布莱尔整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Timely, favorable, auspicious, beneficial, friendly, welldisposed, gracious,benign, fortunate
ANT:Untimely, untoward, unseasonable, unfavorable, inauspicious, unfriendly,hostile, antagonistic, adverse, ill-disposed, unpropitious
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例句/造句/用法:
- As soundless, as unresisting, as if some propitious genius had waited on a sesame-charm, in the vestibule within. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Her answer, therefore, was not propitious, at least not to Elizabeth's wishes, for she was impatient to get home. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- A stealthy glance now and then refreshed her like sips of fresh water after a dusty walk, for the sidelong peeps showed her several propitious omens. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- We know not the future, but the past has been propitious. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The dew fell, but with propitious softness; no breeze whispered. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The clouds on her mother's brow had cleared off under the propitious influence of a brace of carp, most opportunely presented by a neighbour. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- It had hardly been a propitious beginning, but he had chosen his course, and would show no swerving. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Its authority rested, in the end, on the persuasion that its activities were propitious. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- That feature too is propitious. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He had to fix a seedtime, a propitious seedtime, or his sowing was a failure. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She has heard; she will be propitious. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The surrounding atmosphere was propitious to this scheme of courtship. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- For some time, I am doubtful of Miss Shepherd's feelings, but, at length, Fate being propitious, we meet at the dancing-school. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- So it behooves us to leave at the first moment that appears at all propitious. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- My kinswoman always thinks the best of me, but I will take her words for a propitious omen. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It yields to my hand, yields with propitious facility. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
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