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副词: propitiously
名词: propitiousness
英英解释
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1.
adj.presenting favorable circumstances
[例]
○ likely to result in or show signs of success
○ propitious omens
○ propitious gales speeded us along
○ a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration
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例句
1.
The very good are Born at a propitious time when the world is well governed, the very bad in times of calamity when danger threatens.
若大仁者,则应运而生,大恶者,则应劫而生.运生世治,劫生世危.
2.
The DEW fell, but with propitious softness; no breeze whispered
露水降落，可是带着慈祥的温柔;没有微风在低语。
3.
The circumstances are not propitious FOR further expansion of the company.
这些情况不利於公司的进一步发展。
4.
Miracles are propitious accidents,the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood(George Santayana.
奇迹是有利的事件，是太复杂以致于难于理解的自然原因(乔治·圣塔亚那)。
5.
It had hardly been a propitious beginning, but he had chosen his course, and would show no swerve
这种情形很难说是一个吉利的开端，但是他已经选定了他的道路了，他不想三心二意。
6.
The present moment WAS peculiarly propitious for rebellion
目前这一时刻对于叛变特别有利。
7.
Everything seemed propitious to the execution of his plan, and the course being a continued descent
一切看来都好象有利于实现他的这个计划，现在他依旧在斜坡上奔跑。
8.
To be merciful and propitious by disposition
禀性慈祥
9.
It had hardly been a propitious beginning, but he had chosen his course, and would show no.swerve
这种情形很难说是一个吉利的开端，但是他已经选定了他的道路了，他不想三心二意。
10.
The propitious moment
幸运的片刻
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