| 单词 | doom |
| 释义 | doom (once / 248 pages) nv Doom is death, destruction, the end of the world, the big goodbye. It can also be a verb — if a man twirling a mustache ties you to the railroad tracks, he dooms you to certain death! Doctor Doom is a comic book villain you do not want to mess with. He’s the doctor of death! If you feel that the world is terrible, you’re all doom and gloom. If someone dies, she meets her doom. People usually talk about doom as a type of fate — doom isn't an accident. When doom is a verb, watch out — being slack dooms careers and lies doom relationships. Stay away from all forms of doom. WORD FAMILYdoom: doomed, dooming, dooms, foredoom+/foredoom: foredoomed, foredooming, foredooms USAGE EXAMPLESHer glamorous mother starred in Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil, but is forever the doomed woman in the shower in Psycho. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) It would be hard to argue with Clement if he decided that was the case, because Swansea appear doomed. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The year was haunted by a sense of doom conjured by the candidates themselves, who argued that choosing the other would summon the apocalypse. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n an unpleasant or disastrous destiny everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it Syn|Hyper day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world destiny, fate an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future 2v make certain of the failure or destruction of This decision will doom me to lose my position Hyper assure, ensure, guarantee, insure, secure make certain of 3v decree or designate beforehand Syn|Hyper designate, destine, fate ordain issue an order 4v pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law Syn|Hypo|Hyper condemn, sentence foredoom doom beforehand reprobateabandon to eternal damnation declare state emphatically and authoritatively |
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