新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

doom

英 [duːm]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

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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