augur 详细解释

augur

['ɔ:gə]

n.占兆官,占卜师, 相命者
v.预言, 预测

n.[C]

1. (古罗马的)占兆官

2. 占卜师; 预言者

vt.

1. 预示, 是……的预兆

Higher pay augurs a better future.

工资高了, 前程会更美好。

2. 预言

vi.

1. 是一种预兆[(+for)]

This rain augurs well for this year's harvest.

这场雨对今年的收成来说是个好兆头。

2. 占卜

词形变化

形容词: augural | 动词过去式: augured | 动词过去分词: augured | 动词现在分词: auguring | 动词第三人称单数: augurs |

词义辨析

同义参见:

prophet  interpreter  fortuneteller  

英英释义

名词 augur:

(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

同义词：auspex

动词 augur:

indicate by signs

同义词：bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

predict from an omen

短语词组

augur well/ill for

1. 是一种好(或坏)兆头

This augurs well for the harvest.

这是丰收的好兆头。

补充

auguraugur英:[ˈɔ:ɡə] 美:[ˈɔɡɚ]vt.1.预兆vi.1.成为预兆

例句

1. This award often seems to augur misfortune for the recipient.这个奖项对获奖者似乎往往意味着厄运。 2. Do you think this announcement augurs a change in government policy?你觉得这一公告是否预示政府政策会发生变化？ 3. Already there were problems. It didn't augur well.已经有问题了, 这不是好兆头。 4. These realities augur ill for the future of democracy in the country.这些现实对于这个国家的民主前景是不祥之兆。 5. Mounting sales augur a profitable year.不断增加的销售量预示着好年景。 6. The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area.部队的调动对这地区的和平是一种凶兆。 7. I augur well for the reforms.我预料改革会成功。 8. the end of the cold war seemed to augur well.冷战的结束似乎预示好兆头。 9. they feared that these happenings augured a neo-Nazi revival.他们害怕这些事件预示着新纳粹的复活。 10. The change augurs [=bodes] ill/badly for the success of the business. [=the change suggests that the business will not succeed]这个改变预示这笔生意不会做成。 11. The decision doesn't augur well.这个决策不是个好兆头。 12. This bad news could augur [=bode] disaster for all of us.这个坏消息可能预示我们大家会有灾难。

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