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augur n.(古罗马用观察飞鸟行动等方法预卜未来的)占兆官,占卜师,预言者 v.占卜,预言 It used to be that when you said you would augur the future, it meant you would predict it. Now, that form has gone out of use, but the sense of prediction connected to an object or event remains. Dark clouds augur a rainstorm in the near future. If you skip a dress rehearsal before opening night of a show, it won’t augur well for your performance. 1[VERB 动词]主（吉或凶）；预兆 If something augurs well or badly for a person or a future situation, it is a sign that things will go well or badly.   [V adv for n]  [V adv]  [Also V n]  [FORMAL 正式]The renewed violence this week hardly augurs well for smooth or peaceful change...本周新一轮的暴力事件预示着顺利平和的转变几乎不可能实现。Already there were problems. It didn't augur well.已经有问题了，这不是好兆头。

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['ɔ:gə(r)] To augur is to predict, but what's tricky about the word is that it pertains to an object or an event. A black cat is an augur of bad luck––it brings bad luck. Seeing one doesn't augur well for your future. ☆☆☆☆☆

英语单词	augur
英美音标	['ɔ:gə(r)]
中文释义	n.(古罗马用观察飞鸟行动等方法预卜未来的)占兆官,占卜师,预言者 v.占卜,预言
vocabulary简明	To augur is to predict, but what's tricky about the word is that it pertains to an object or an event. A black cat is an augur of bad luck––it brings bad luck. Seeing one doesn't augur well for your future.
vocabulary扩展	It used to be that when you said you would augur the future, it meant you would predict it. Now, that form has gone out of use, but the sense of prediction connected to an object or event remains. Dark clouds augur a rainstorm in the near future. If you skip a dress rehearsal before opening night of a show, it won’t augur well for your performance.
柯林斯星级	☆☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]主（吉或凶）；预兆 If something augurs well or badly for a person or a future situation, it is a sign that things will go well or badly. [V adv for n] [V adv] [Also V n] [FORMAL 正式] The renewed violence this week hardly augurs well for smooth or peaceful change... 本周新一轮的暴力事件预示着顺利平和的转变几乎不可能实现。 Already there were problems. It didn't augur well. 已经有问题了，这不是好兆头。

Augur Object Bad Future [V N ɔ:Gə(R N.(古罗马用观察飞鸟行动等方法预卜未来的)占兆官,占卜师,预言者