- 1吉利的、有利的（書面；多指時機、開頭順不順，日常較常說「好日子」「好時機」）
When something is propitious, the time or the setting looks good for what you want to do. Writers say a propitious moment, a propitious start, or propitious weather for a launch. You would not call a sandwich propitious, or a friendly person. The word is about conditions: they seem likely to bring a good result. It is rather formal and a little old. In a book or a speech you hear it; in a café people say lucky or a good time. Though actually lucky can mean pure chance. Propitious is a bit more careful: the setup itself looks kindly, as if the moment were on your side.
組成From Anglo-Norman and Old French propicius, from Latin propitius: “favorable, well-disposed, kind.”
同家族的字
- propitiouslythe adverb from this adjective
- propitiatesame Latin root: to make someone well-disposed toward you
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
propitiousadj/pɹəˈpɪʃəs/
- 1
Favorable; advantageous.
- propitious weather
- 2
Characteristic of a good omen.
- But counterrevolutions are reversible. Klein devotes much of her book to propitious signs that this can happen — indeed is happening.
- 3
archaicFavorably disposed towards someone.
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