| 词汇 | unpropitious |
| 释义 | unpropitious adjective formaluk /ˌʌn.prəˈpɪʃ.əs/ us /ˌʌn.prəˈpɪʃ.əs/ not likely to be successful, or not showing any signs of success: It may have seemed an unpropitious time for a general election. She assumed power in distinctly unpropitious circumstances, facing union unrest, and a failing economy. Opposite propitious Even beyond the question of funding, the climate for educational innovation seemed unpropitious. The letter could not have arrived at a more unpropitious moment. Owing to the extremely unpropitious weather, some of the plants did not flower. Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom |
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