augur
augur 英 [ˈɔ:gə(r)] 美 [ˈɔɡɚ]
n. 预言者；占兆官；占卜师 vt. 预言；是…的预兆 vi. 预言；占卜
进行时:auguring 过去式:augured 过去分词:augured 第三人称单数:augurs 名词复数:augurs
- To augur is to predict or indicate. A black cat passing in front of you is said to augur bad luck, but if you love cats you can choose to believe that it augurs good luck instead.
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- n. 预言者；占兆官；占卜师
- vt. 预言；是…的预兆
- vi. 预言；占卜
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1. Mounting sales augur a profitable year.
不断增加的销售量预示着好年景。
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2. But an uptick in output does not augur prosperity.
但是，产量上扬并不预示着经济繁荣。
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3. Yet while liberals have cheered the result as a mark of social progress, it does not necessarily augur plain sailing for the al-Sabah family that has ruled Kuwait since the 18th century.
然而，虽然自由派为这个结果欢呼并以此作为社会进步的标志，但是它不一定预示萨巴赫家族18世纪以来对科威特统治就这么简单。
- augur (n.) 1540s, from Latin augur, a religious official in ancient Rome who foretold events by observing and interpreting signs and omens, perhaps originally meaning "an increase in crops enacted in ritual," in which case it probably is from Old Latin *augos (genitive *augeris) "increase," and is related to augere "increase," from PIE root *aug- (1) "to increase." The more popular theory is that it is from Latin avis "bird," because the flights, singing, and feeding of birds were important objects of divination (compare auspex). In that case, the second element would be from garrire "to talk." Related: Augural; augurial.
- augur (v.) c. 1600, "predict, prognosticate," from augur (n.). From 1826 as "betoken, forebode." Related: Augured; auguring.
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