doom

英 [duːm]

美 [duːm]

n.  死亡; 毁灭; 厄运; 劫数
v.  使…注定失败(或遭殃、死亡等)

过去分词：doomed　现在分词：dooming　复数：dooms　过去式：doomed　第三人称单数：dooms　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8436 / COCA.7469

同义词辨析

fatedestinydoomlot【导航词义：命运】

习惯用语

n.

doom and gloomgloom and doom
• 悲观失望；无望；前景暗淡
  a general feeling of having lost all hope, and of pessimism (= expecting things to go badly)
• Despite the obvious setbacks, it is not all doom and gloom for the England team.
  尽管明显受挫，但对英格兰队来说绝非胜利无望。
prophet of doomdoom merchant
• 末日预言者
  a person who predicts that things will go very badly
• The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.
  认为电视会扼杀书籍的悲观预言家完全错了。

牛津词典

noun

• 死亡；毁灭；厄运；劫数
  death or destruction; any terrible event that you cannot avoid
  1. to meet your doom
     死亡
  2. She had a sense of impending doom (= felt that sth very bad was going to happen) .
     她预感到厄运已经逼近。

verb

• 使…注定失败（或遭殃、死亡等）
  to make sb/sth certain to fail, suffer, die, etc.
  1. The plan was doomed to failure .
     这个计划注定要失败。
  2. The marriage was doomed from the start .
     这桩婚姻从一开始就注定要破裂。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 厄运;劫数;毁灭
  Doomis a terrible future state or event which you cannot prevent.
  1. ...his warnings of impending doom.
     他关于大难临头的警告
  2. ...a wicked mermaid who lured sailors to their doom.
     引诱水手走向灭亡的邪恶的美人鱼
• N-UNCOUNT 悲观;沮丧
  If you have a sense or feeling ofdoom, you feel that things are going very badly and are likely to get even worse.
  1. Why are people so full of gloom and doom?...
     为什么人们如此沮丧悲观？
  2. Attendance figures had been steadily dropping, creating a mood of doom and discouragement among theatre directors.
     上座人数一直持续下降，使得戏剧导演产生悲观泄气的情绪。
• VERB 注定;命定;使在劫难逃
  If a fact or eventdoomssomeone or somethingtoa particular fate, it makes certain that they are going to suffer in some way.
  1. That argument doomed their marriage to failure.
     那次争吵使他们的婚姻注定要失败。

英英释义

noun

• an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
  1. everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
  2. that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world
  Synonym:doomsdayday of reckoningend of the world

verb

• decree or designate beforehand
  1. She was destined to become a great pianist
  Synonym:destinefatedesignate
• make certain of the failure or destruction of
  1. This decision will doom me to lose my position
• pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
  1. He was condemned to ten years in prison
  Synonym:sentencecondemn

双语例句

• Smoking is a one-way ticket to doom and is probably the most important single preventable cause of heart disease.
  吸烟注定会带来恶果，它或许是最主要的而且是唯一一个可以预防的心脏病诱因。
• A sense of impending doom came upon all of us.
  我们所有人都有一种大难临头的感觉。
• The Battle of Stalingrad sealed Hitler's doom.
  斯大林格勒战役决定了希特勒的覆灭。
• Or else of thee this I prognosticate, Thy end is truth's and Beauty's doom and date.
  要不然关于你我将这样昭示：你的末日也就是真和美的死。
• And to hold you back from the brink of doom.
  并把你从死亡的边缘拉回来。
• All your clever calculations and intrigues brought nothing but your doom.
  机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命！（《红楼梦》）
• Tremble, mortals, and despair! Doom has come to this world!
  颤抖吧，绝望吧，凡人。这个世界的末日到来了！
• "My doom has come upon me," said the Witch in a voice of horrible calmness.
  “我的末日到了。”女巫的声膏里有一种可怕的平静。
• The doom which I have passed upon her is irrevocable.
  我对她下的判决是不能挽回的。
• From the moment Edward had told her of the escape attempt, she had been overtaken by a sense of impending doom.
  自从爱德华告诉她打算逃跑的那一刻起，她便强烈感到厄运在一步步逼近。