doom

[du:m]

n.毁灭, 厄运, 判决, 死亡
vt.注定, 判定

n.[U][S1]

1. 厄运, 毁灭, 死亡

The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.

独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

2. 【宗】末日审判, 世界末日

3. 判决, 定罪

vt.

1. 注定, 命定[H][(+to)][O2]

The project was doomed to failure.

这工程注定失败。

2. 判定, 判决[(+to)]

The court doomed him to life imprisonment.

法庭判他终身监禁。

3. 使失败, 使毁灭

Excessive rainfall doomed the crops.

过多的雨水使庄稼歉收。

词形变化

动词过去式: doomed | 动词过去分词: doomed | 动词现在分词: dooming | 动词第三人称单数: dooms |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.判定, 判决

condemn  damn  convict  sentence  

同义参见:

destiny  judgment  fate  destine  convict  

英英释义

名词 doom:

an unpleasant or disastrous destiny

同义词：doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world

动词 doom:

decree or designate beforehand

同义词：destine, fate, designate

pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

同义词：sentence, condemn

make certain of the failure or destruction of

补充

doomdoom英:[du:m] 美:[dum]vt.1.注定; 判定Bad weather doomed the crops.坏天气注定了庄稼要歉收。n.1.厄运, 劫数The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。

例句

1. a mermaid who lured sailors to their doom引诱水手走向死亡的美人鱼 2. a dark atmosphere of impending doom一种厄运即将来临的阴郁气氛 3. What spelt political doom for her was the ill-advised introduction of a new method of financing local government spending.导致她仕途失意的, 是她不甚明智地采用了一种资助地方政府开支的新方法。 4. Why are people so full of doom?为什么人们都这么沮丧？ 5. It's not all gloom and doom for the Australian economy.澳大利亚经济并非完全悲观无望。 6. That argument doomed their marriage to failure.那次争吵注定了他们婚姻的破裂。 7. She was doomed to unemployment by her ill health.她因身体不好而注定要失业。 8. She was doomed to die.她注定要死。 9. They are doomed to make the same mistakes in the future.他们将来注定要犯同样的错误。 10. The reactionary rule is doomed.反动统治注定要垮台。 11. The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment.法庭判处被告长期监禁。 12. to doom the prisoner to life imprisonment判处囚犯无期徒刑 13. The king doomed her death.国王宣布判她死罪。 14. the aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water.飞机一头坠入水中，遭受灭顶之灾。 15. fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed.燃料从受损的机翼泄出，飞机要完蛋了。 16. her plan was doomed to failure.她的计划注定要失败。 17. [as adj. doomed]the moving story of their doomed love affair.有关他们爱情悲剧的感人故事。 18. the national feeling of doom and gloom.全国的悲观失望气氛。 19. a sense of impending doom (= that something bad is going to happen)不祥的预感 20. The plan was doomed from the start.这个计划从开始就注定要失败。 21. The sailors had a sense/feeling of (impending) doom as the storm approached. [=they sensed or felt that something very bad was going to happen]风暴来袭时，水手们都感到厄运即将来临。 22. The prophets of doom [=people who predict that bad things will happen] say that the Internet will kill off print newspapers.悲观预言家们预测互联网将使印刷报纸不复存在。 23. The papers are filled with stories of gloom and doom.报纸里充满了悲观失望的报道。 24. the story of a mysterious creature who lures travelers to their doom关于将旅行者引向死亡的神秘生物的报道 25. Prepare to meet your doom. [=die]准备去死吧。 26. The poor economy spelled doom for many small businesses. [=many small businesses would fail because of the poor economy]萧条的经济使很多小企业遭受了灭顶之灾。 27. A criminal record will doom your chances of becoming a politician.犯罪记录将扼杀你从政的机会。 28. The plan was doomed from the start.这个计划从一开始就注定要失败。 29. The treaty is doomed [=destined] to failure/fail.那个条约注定会失败。 30. "If no one rescues us, we are doomed."如果没人救我们，我们就死定了。 31. a project doomed by the poor/weak economy因经济萧条而注定失败的项目 32. The species is doomed to extinction.这一物种注定会灭绝。 33. a doomed plan/mission/ship注定遭厄运的计划/任务/船只