adj. boding ; inauspicious
对某些人来说,数字13是不吉利的,如果某个月的13号恰巧是星期五,想要避免凶兆的人最好呆在室内。
The number 13 is said to be unlucky for some, and when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday, anyone wishing to avoid an inauspicious event had better stay indoors.
很明显,大多数的投资者并没有将商品的高价看作凶兆,而只是作为大量全球需求的象征。
Clearly, most investors have not seen higher commodity prices as inauspicious, merely as a symptom of robust global demand.
对那些认为世界已经走到尽头的人来说,任何普通的天文现象都可以是凶兆。
Ordinary astronomical phenomena are imbued with a sense of threat by people who already think the world is going to end.
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