Auspicious

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[Origin: 1600–10; < L auspici(um) auspice + -ous] 





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a. (形容詞 adjective)



          1.    吉兆的;吉利的

                      an auspicious beginning

                      吉利的開始

          2.    興盛的;幸運的

                      an auspicious year

                      幸運的一年





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



auspicious (adj.)   

 

Purists have sometimes tried to limit the use of the adjective to meaning "of good omen," but the meaning has long since generalized to mean "favorable, successful": This has been an auspicious organizational meeting, one that gets the company off to a good start.   

 



　

A romantic fantasy starring Juliet Stevenson as a musician whose beloved boyfriend (Alan Rickman) returns to her from the dead, it was an extremely auspicious beginning for the director. The film earned a number of international awards, including the Australian Film Institute's prize for Best Picture.





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