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Auspicious 考法 Austere Unadorned Cold 1】Adj.好兆头的 Pointing Happy

正面 auspicious
背面
【考法 1】adj.好兆头的: pointing toward a happy outcome
【例】began the season with an auspicious win against their strongest football rival 在赛季之初就战胜 了最强的对手,为整个赛季赢得了好兆头
【近】bright, encouraging, golden, heartening, hopeful, promising, propitious
【反】baleful, dark, direful, doomy, foreboding, gloomy, menacing, minatory, ominous, portentous, sinister, threatening 不详的,凶兆的
austere
【考法法1】adj.朴素的,朴实无华: markedly simple or unadorned
【例】For the private office of the CEO of the large corporation, the room is unexpectedly austere.出人意料的是,大公司总裁的私人办公室居然十分朴素。
【近】plain, spartan, stark, unadorned
【反】deluxe, lavish, luxurious, plush, sumptuous 奢华的;elaborate, fancy 花哨的
【考法 2】adj.严肃的,令人生畏的: stern and cold in appearance or manner
【例】an austere fortress at the top of some formidable cliffs建立在悬崖峭壁之上的一座令人畏惧的堡垒llln his memory his deceased grandfather is an austere, distant, cold person. 在他的记忆之中,己过世的袓父是一个严肃、冷漠而难以接近的人。
【近】dour, fierce, flinty, forbidding, formidable, gruff, intimidating, lowering, rough, rugged, severe, steely
【反】benign, benignant, gentle, mild, tender 和蔼的,温柔的

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