we were warned . but when the worst recession in seven decades smacked us in the face , all the gruesome auguries did little to dull the pain .美國事先得到了警告,但是七十年來最糟糕的經(jīng)濟衰退重創(chuàng)了美國,所有可怕的預(yù)言都未能減弱痛苦。
+happy augury
1 . 快樂的征兆
this is not a happy augury for the interval between these elections and the next .在這些選舉的間隔中這不是一個快樂的征兆。