doom [du:m] n. 厄运;死亡;判决;世界末日 vt. 注定;判决;使失败 相关短语: doom and gloom 凄惨,前景不妙;无望
扩展: doom[du:m] n. 1. 命运;(尤指)噩运,厄运,悲惨的命运 2. 劫数;死亡;毁灭;灾难 3. (尤指不利的、有罪的)判决,宣判;定罪 4. [有时作 D-]【宗教】世界末日,(上帝的)最后审判日;末日审判(=Last Judgement) 5. [废语]法律;法令,法规,成文律 vt. 1. 命定,注定(尤指遭厄运),(命运等)注定(常与to连用)[常用被动语态]: She was doomed to unemployment by her ill health. 她因身体不好而注定要失业。 She was doomed to die. 她注定要死。 2. 使…的失败(或灭亡、毁灭、坏结局)成为必然: They are doomed to make the same mistakes in the future. 他们将来注定要犯同样的错误。 The reactionary rule is doomed. 反动统治注定要垮台。 3. 宣判,判决,判定,判(某人)刑(to): The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。 to doom the prisoner to life imprisonment 判处囚犯无期徒刑 4. [废语]作为判决而宣布,宣告(某人)有罪;宣布…作为惩罚: The king doomed her death. 国王宣布判她死罪。 近义词: fate . doom2 [du:m] n. =doum