单词 | doom |
释义 | doom (duːm ) Word forms: dooms , dooming , doomed 1. uncountable noun Doom is a terrible future state or event which you cannot prevent. ...his warnings of impending doom. ...a wicked mermaid who lured sailors to their doom. Synonyms: destruction, ruin, catastrophe, death 2. uncountable noun If you have a sense or feeling of doom, you feel that things are going very badly and are likely to get even worse. Why are people so full of gloom and doom? Attendance figures have dropped, creating a mood of doom among theatre directors. 3. verb 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. That argument doomed their marriage to failure. [VERB noun + to] Synonyms: condemn, judge, threaten, damn Collocations: doom a relationship Is this the clang of relationship doom? Times, Sunday Times Do you think it's worth a try or are long-distance relationships doomed to fail? The Sun It was a relationship doomed to failure. The Sun Others saw both as young and headstrong, the relationship doomed from the beginning. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Others have similarly seen the eclipse as a harbinger of doom. Times, Sunday Times (2015) August has a track record as a harbinger of doom. Times, Sunday Times (2015) I just hope January is not a harbinger of doom for the rest of the year. The Sun (2010) In the very political wind is an inclination to see this Prime Minister as a harbinger of doom. Times, Sunday Times (2007) These restaurants are a symbol of our imminent doom. Times, Sunday Times I almost expect him to offer a cup of tea to wash down the sense of imminent doom. Times,Sunday Times Surely everyone knows that the surest path into the bestseller charts for popular-science writers has always been to prophesy imminent doom for humanity. Times, Sunday Times The book also undercuts its own warning of imminent doom. The Times Literary Supplement Project 'pitches' are constructed around a 'pot of gold' (a possible goal only just out of reach) or alternatively 'imminent doom' (to be averted by taking the advice offered). The Times Literary Supplement A feeling of having to keep at it and the awful impending doom. The Sun (2017) There was no sign of impending doom either. Times, Sunday Times (2009) My sense of impending doom rises another notch. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He was warned hours before voters went to the polls about the impending doom. The Sun (2008) But the impending doom of a plunge into the ravine is still there. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In fact, economists are notably poor at predicting doom. Times, Sunday Times There are a lot of analysts who, over the past couple of years, have predicted doom and gloom in the gilts market. Times, Sunday Times Seven days ago we were all predicting doom and gloom. The Sun In contrast, some investors, particularly some big hedge funds, were predicting doom. Times, Sunday Times Remember next time you hear a man predicting doom that he's a marketer with a product. Times, Sunday Times He would soon embark on a new one, even though he knew that his poor administration skills would usually spell doom. Times, Sunday Times If it goes wrong it could spell doom for humanity. The Sun That would spell doom for your relationship. The Sun And recessions reliably spell doom for incumbents. Times,Sunday Times It has survived wars and plagues, but a simple referendum could spell doom for the world's oldest bank. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 厄运, 注定 Japanese: 宿命, 追いやる |
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