英语词汇“doom”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

doomdoom1 /dum/ ●○○ verb [transitive usually passive]

COLLOCATIONS► doomed to failure

The marriage seems doomed to failure.

to make someone or something certain to fail, be destroyed, or die: The threat of a costly legal battle doomed the proposal.doom somebody/something to do something Are we doomed to lose our memory as we get older?doom somebody/something to something Over 50,000 species a year are being doomed to extinction. The marriage seems doomed to failure.—doomed adjective

verb | noun

doomdoom2 ●○○ noun [uncountable]

ETYMOLOGYdoom²

Origin: Old English dom

COLLOCATIONS► imminent doom

I sat there with a sense of imminent doom (=doom that will come very soon).

► spell doom for

The poor performances do not necessarily spell doom for the movie (=mean that it will fail).

► met their doom

Thousands of soldiers met their doom (=died) on this field.

1destruction, death, or failure that you are unable to avoid: I sat there with a sense of imminent doom (=doom that will come very soon). The poor performances do not necessarily spell doom for the movie (=mean that it will fail). Thousands of soldiers met their doom (=died) on this field.2doom and gloom humorous a state or attitude in which there is no hope for the future: The article is full of doom and gloom about the environment.

单词	doom
释义	verb \| noun doomdoom1 /dum/ ●○○ verb [transitive usually passive] Collocations COLLOCATIONS► doomed to failure The marriage seems doomed to failure. to make someone or something certain to fail, be destroyed, or die: The threat of a costly legal battle doomed the proposal.doom somebody/something to do something Are we doomed to lose our memory as we get older?doom somebody/something to something Over 50,000 species a year are being doomed to extinction. The marriage seems doomed to failure.—doomed adjective verb \| noun doomdoom2 ●○○ noun [uncountable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYdoom² Origin: Old English dom Collocations COLLOCATIONS► imminent doom I sat there with a sense of imminent doom (=doom that will come very soon). ► spell doom for The poor performances do not necessarily spell doom for the movie (=mean that it will fail). ► met their doom Thousands of soldiers met their doom (=died) on this field. 1destruction, death, or failure that you are unable to avoid: I sat there with a sense of imminent doom (=doom that will come very soon). The poor performances do not necessarily spell doom for the movie (=mean that it will fail). Thousands of soldiers met their doom (=died) on this field.2doom and gloom humorous a state or attitude in which there is no hope for the future: The article is full of doom and gloom about the environment.
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