augur  

 【考法1】n.  預言家：one who predicts future events or developments

 【例】The ancient Roman augurs predicted the future by reading the flight of birds. 古羅馬的預言家們通過鳥

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 【近】forecaster, foreseer, diviner, foreteller, prophesier, visionary

 【考法2】v.      出現好兆頭：to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome

 【例】This augurs well for us. 這是一個好兆頭

 【近】forebode, promise

 【考法3】vt.  預言：to tell of or describe beforehand

 【例】The fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me. 占卜人預言在我身上將會有一系列

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 【近】forecast, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

authentic  

 【考法1】adj.  真實的，非仿造的： being exactly as appears or as claimed

 【例】found an authentic Native American arrowhead       發現了一支美洲土著的箭頭

 【近】bona fide, certified, genuine

 【反】bogus, counterfeit, fake, mock, phony, spurious    偽造的

 【考法2】adj.  準確的，相符合的：following an original exactly

 【例】an authentic reconstruction of the Parthenon   帕台農神殿的準確複刻

 【近】accurate, exact, precise, right, veracious

 【反】corrupt, false   錯誤的

 【派】authenticity    n.  真實，真實性

authority 

 【考法1】n.       （某領域的）權威人士：a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field

 【例】a leading authority on neural anatomy     一名神經解剖學領域的權威人士

 【近】expert, connoisseur, maestro, master, virtuoso

 【反】amateur      業餘愛好者