propitious

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  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. Favorably disposed towards someone. archaic

词形变化

more propitious comparative most propitious superlative

词汇关系

反义词
unpropitious
衍生词
impropitious
相关词
propitiate propitiation propitiously propitiousness

词源

From Anglo-Norman and Old French propicius, from Latin propitius (“favorable, well-disposed, kind”). Compare French propice, Portuguese propício and Spanish propicio.
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