augury
augury — 名詞
- augurysingular
- auguriesplural
1. an event or sight that people take as a clue about what lies ahead
預兆；徵兆
被視為預示未來的事件或跡象
an event or sight that people take as a clue about what lies ahead
Pim watched the crow land on the roof and called it a dark augury.
Pim 看著烏鴉落在屋頂上，認為這是個不祥的預兆。
collocation: dark augury
A ring of pale light circling the moon was seen as an augury of storms.
月亮周圍一圈暗淡的光環被視為暴風雨來臨的預兆。
passive pattern: be seen as an augury of [event]
Rachid read the flight of three hawks as an augury of victory.
Rachid 將三隻鷹的飛行軌跡解讀為勝利的徵兆。
pattern: read [something] as an augury of [outcome]
Aoi found a broken mirror on the path and feared it was a bad augury.
Aoi 在路上發現一面破鏡子，擔心這是個壞兆頭。
Whenever Sana sees sudden fog, she calls it an augury of trouble.
每當 Sana 看見突然起霧，她就說這是麻煩的預兆。
- good augury
- bad augury
- dark augury
- take as an augury
- see as an augury
- read as an augury
- an augury of
文法句型
an augury of + noun
a good/bad/dark augury
take/see/read [something] as an augury
用法筆記
Countable. Refers to a single sign or omen. Distinguish from sense 2, which is the uncountable practice of interpreting such signs.
常見錯誤
2. the practice of looking for meaning in natural signs to learn what is coming
占卜術
透過觀察自然現象來預測未來的技藝
the practice of looking for meaning in natural signs to learn what is coming
Vinícius spent years studying augury before he became the emperor's chief adviser.
Vinícius 花了多年學習占卜術，最終成為皇帝的首席顧問。
collocation: study augury
The Roman Senate would not declare war without first performing augury by observing birds.
羅馬元老院在宣戰前會先透過觀察鳥類來進行占卜。
collocation: perform augury by [method]
Felix argued that augury was nothing more than clever guessing dressed up as wisdom.
Felix 認為占卜術不過是巧妙包裝成智慧的猜測罷了。
Priests trained in augury stood on the temple steps watching the sky each morning.
受過占卜訓練的祭司每天清晨站在神廟台階上觀察天空。
pattern: trained in augury
Karim's grandmother practised a simple form of augury using olive leaves and salt.
Karim 的祖母用橄欖葉和鹽來施行一種簡單的占卜術。
collocation: practise a form of augury
- practise augury
- study augury
- perform augury
- trained in augury
- rely on augury
- a form of augury
- divination
broader term covering all forms of fortune-telling
- soothsaying
more informal; often implies folk or popular practice
- prophecy
focuses on spoken or written predictions, not the method of obtaining them
文法句型
practise/study/perform augury
trained in augury
用法筆記
Uncountable, referring to the art or practice as a whole. Distinguish from sense 1, which is a single countable omen.
同根字
- augur名詞C2
- augur動詞C2
- augural形容詞C2