An auspicious time to ask for a raise in salary. 一个要求增加工资的有利时机
The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of my career. 我的第一本书的出版是我事业吉祥的开始。
The year2007 is especially auspicious. 而2007年又是特别吉祥之年。
auspicious
[ adj ] auguring favorable circumstances and good luck <adj.all> an auspicious beginning for the campaign
Auspicious \Aus*pi"cious\, a. [See {Auspice}.] 1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
Auspicious union of order and freedom. --Macaulay.
2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. ``Auspicious chief.'' --Dryden.
3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things. ``Thy auspicious mistress.'' --Shak. ``Auspicious gales.'' --Pope.
Syn: See {Propitious}. ※ -- {Aus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Aus*pi"cious*ness}, n.
"Six Characters" represents the first production of the group headed by Michael Rudman, who could not have arranged a more auspicious debut.
Since Exco increased earnings by more than half last year, the timing for a flotation looks auspicious. Investors will have to decide whether the company is being offered at a cyclical profits peak or near the start of a prolonged recovery.
Not all of NASA's space-science work will be so auspicious, though.
A production that was for so long dominated by Josephine Barstow's Emilia Marty now has Kathryn Harries in the central role, and it is she who finally makes the evening a truly memorable one. Certainly the early indications were not auspicious.
It was an auspicious start, entertaining, informative, well chosen and presented.
Not unreasonably, Ms. Sa'dawi decided that 1989 was not an auspicious year for such a book.
The chances for this year's team are less auspicious.
Not an auspicious start for Bush.
There is at least one auspicious sign.
Most specialists believe that is an underestimate. Nevertheless Mr Davis agrees the signs are auspicious.
Buildings in the British colony were adorned with colorful New Year's greetings, and tangerine trees, narcissus and other plants considered auspicious adorned doorways.