新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

doom

英  [duːm]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1[U 不可数名词] 厄运

    Doom is a terrible future state or event which you cannot prevent.

    双语例句

    例:

    his warnings of impending doom.

    他对即将到来的厄运发出的警告。

    2[U 不可数名词] 悲观

    If you have a sense or feeling of doom, you feel that things are going very badly and are likely to get even worse.

    双语例句

    例:

    Why are people so full of gloom and doom?

    人们的心里为什么满是悲观失望?

    VERB. 动词
  • dooms , dooming , doomed

    1[T 及物动词] 注定

    If a fact or event dooms someone or something to a particular fate, it makes certain that they are going to suffer in some way.

    近义词

    condemn

    双语例句

    例:

    That argument was the turning point for their marriage, and the one which doomed it to failure.

    那次争吵是他们婚姻的一个转折点,它注定了他们婚姻的失败。

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