showing signs that something is likely to be successful in the future吉利的；吉祥的 synonym promising- an auspicious start to the new school year新学年的开门红
- It was an auspicious date for a wedding.这是婚礼的吉祥日子。
- Their first meeting was hardly auspicious.他们的第一次见面几乎没有吉祥。
- It was not a very auspicious beginning to his new career.这不是他新职业的开端。
- We waited for an auspicious moment to make our request.我们等待一个吉祥的时刻提出我们的要求。
opposite inauspiciousTopics Successc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryAuspicious is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originlate 16th cent.: from auspice (from French, or from Latin auspicium, from auspex ‘observer of birds’, from avis ‘bird’ + specere ‘to look’) + -ous.