doom 是什么意思？doom 的含义 - 柯林高阶英语学习词典 - 在线工具

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense dooms , present participle dooming , past tense, past participle 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 More Synonyms of doom

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 had been steadily dropping, creating a mood of doom and discouragement 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]

[Also VERB noun to-infinitive]

Synonyms: condemn, judge, threaten, damn More Synonyms of doom

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