augurs
n.卜辞官,卜辞师:古罗马时期的宗教官员,负责解读神谕,预测未来。
v.预示,预兆:表示某事物可能发生或成为现实。
例句
The renewed violence this week hardly augurs well for smooth or peaceful change.
本周新的暴力事件预示着顺利的平稳转变几乎是不可能的。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
Optimists argue that the scale of the downturn augurs for a strong rebound.
乐观者提出衰退的规模预示着强烈的回升。
The forecast augurs well, yet inflation has of late been running ahead of the central bank's projections.
预测地似乎还挺不错,然而最近通胀却总是走在央行预测的前面。