1.Although the chaos at Heathrow was an inauspicious start, it is important that the Prime Minister's mission to China should not crash-land .
虽然布朗的访华之旅将从混乱的希思罗机场开始，但是首相这次访问将有着十分重大的意义。
2.For China's estimated 130m migrant workers, this inauspicious start to the Year of the Ox is only likely to get worse.
对于中国约1.3亿农民工而言，牛年开头就不吉利，而情况可能只会变得更糟。
3.Whateverthe truth, the White House has made an inauspicious start of its fight withCongress over federal spending.
但不管真相如何，在与国会就联邦开支的问题上的争斗中，白宫已经开了个坏头。
4.America has had an inauspicious start to the 21st century, to put it mildly.
我们说得婉转点吧，美国21世纪的开局着实不佳。
5.To be sure, both stock offerings made their market debuts in the wake of the March 11 earthquake in Japan, an inauspicious start.
当然，这两个公司都是在日本3月11日大地震之后挂牌上市的，这或许是个不祥的开始。