propitious
adj
~ (for sth) (fml 文) giving or indicating a good chance of success; favourable 吉利的; 有利的
It was not a propitious time to start a new business. 这时候开张不吉利.
The circumstances were not propitious for further expansion of the company. 这些情况不利於公司的进一步发展.
Well, maybe your dad and I could take you fishing with us.
嗯, 也许你爸爸和我可以带你去钓鱼。
My sister graduated from high school.Graduation was last night.
我的姐姐从高中毕业了.毕业典礼是昨天晚上。
is as the proportion of the total vocabulary of his mother tongue against those words of his own baby talk that are taken up into the vernacular of his family.