doom
n [U]
1 (rhet 修辞) death or ruin; any terrible and inevitable fate 死亡; 毁灭; 劫数; 厄运
meet/go to one's doom 死亡
send a man to his doom 使某人陷入绝境.
2 = doomsday.
3 (idm 习语) the crack of doom => crack1. a prophet of doom => prophet.
doom v [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.t]
~ sb (to sth) condemn sb (to death, destruction, failure, etc) 注定某人(死亡、 毁灭、 失败等)
The plan was doomed from the start. 那计划从一开始就注定要失败.
Are whales doomed to extinction? 鲸鱼是否注定要绝种?
We loathe each other, yet we seem doomed constantly to meet. 我们相互厌恶, 但似乎偏偏冤家常碰头.
The first westerner to discover these islands was an Italian explorer in 1524.
首次发现这些岛屿的西方人是一位意大利探险家,时间是1524年。
Kunta had been seized in the forest and then hit on the head with a hard object.
孔塔在森林里被抓住以后,他的头部就被一个硬的东西打了一下。
I have got some wonderful news to tell you. I have been offered a scholarship at a university in Australia for my further education. One hundred and twenty-five students took exams for it, and I was one of the five to be chosen. However, my parents are tr