doom

noun

1. 死亡；毁灭；厄运；劫数
   death or destruction; any terrible event that you cannot avoid
   1. to meet your doom
      死亡
   2. She had a sense of impending doom (= felt that sth very bad was going to happen) .
      她预感到厄运已经逼近。

verb

1. 使…注定失败（或遭殃、死亡等）
   to make sb/sth certain to fail, suffer, die, etc.
   1. The plan was doomed to failure .
      这个计划注定要失败。
   2. The marriage was doomed from the start .
      这桩婚姻从一开始就注定要破裂。

1. N-UNCOUNT 厄运;劫数;毁灭
   Doom is a terrible future state or event which you cannot prevent.
   1. ...his warnings of impending doom.
      他关于大难临头的警告
   2. ...a wicked mermaid who lured sailors to their doom.
      引诱水手走向灭亡的邪恶的美人鱼
2. N-UNCOUNT 悲观;沮丧
   If you have a sense or feeling of doom, you feel that things are going very badly and are likely to get even worse.
   1. Why are people so full of gloom and doom?...
      为什么人们如此沮丧悲观？
   2. Attendance figures had been steadily dropping, creating a mood of doom and discouragement among theatre directors.
      上座人数一直持续下降，使得戏剧导演产生悲观泄气的情绪。
3. VERB 注定;命定;使在劫难逃
   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.
   1. That argument doomed their marriage to failure.
      那次争吵使他们的婚姻注定要失败。

1. A sense of impending doom came upon all of us.
   我们所有人都有一种大难临头的感觉。
2. Why are people so full of gloom and doom?
   为什么人们如此沮丧悲观？
3. Attendance figures had been steadily dropping, creating a mood of doom and discouragement among theatre directors.
   上座人数一直持续下降，使得戏剧导演产生悲观泄气的情绪。
4. That argument doomed their marriage to failure.
   那次争吵使他们的婚姻注定要失败。
5. A sense of imminent doom was inescapable.
   一种即将来临的毁灭感无可逃避。
6. Smoking is a one-way ticket to doom and is probably the most important single preventable cause of heart disease.
   吸烟注定会带来恶果，它或许是最主要的而且是唯一一个可以预防的心脏病诱因。
7. From the moment Edward had told her of the escape attempt, she had been overtaken by a sense of impending doom.
   自从爱德华告诉她打算逃跑的那一刻起，她便强烈感到厄运在一步步逼近。
8. I promised myself I'd defy all the prophets of doom and battle back to fitness.
   我发誓要打破所有的死亡预言，力争恢复健康。
9. The Battle of Stalingrad sealed Hitler's doom.
   斯大林格勒战役决定了希特勒的覆灭。
10. They're just like eggs hurled against stone; they're heading for their doom.
    鸡蛋怎能碰得过石头，还不是自寻死路。
11. The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.
    这份关于我们经济状况的报告，充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
12. It isn't the crack of doom.
    还不是世界末日。
13. All your clever calculations and intrigues brought nothing but your doom.
    机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命！（《红楼梦》）
14. From this seal shall arise the doom of men.
    从这个封印中诞生的将是人类的毁灭。
15. I had a sense of impending doom.
    我有一种对即将到来的厄运的预感。
16. "My doom has come upon me," said the Witch in a voice of horrible calmness.
    “我的末日到了。”女巫的声膏里有一种可怕的平静。
17. This is your day of DOOM.
    今天是你的末日。
18. Or else of thee this I prognosticate, Thy end is truth's and Beauty's doom and date.
    要不然关于你我将这样昭示：你的末日也就是真和美的死。
19. No man can fight his own doom.
    无人能和自己的命运搏斗。
20. They hear their doom approaching.
    他们听到了自己的末日在靠近。
21. The news was all doom and gloom.
    整个消息带来的是忧郁和毁灭。
22. He told me that in a doom and gloom of the day.
    他告诉我，在厄运和黑暗的一天。
23. And to hold you back from the brink of doom.
    并把你从死亡的边缘拉回来。
24. Tremble, mortals, and despair! Doom has come to this world!
    颤抖吧，绝望吧，凡人。这个世界的末日到来了！
25. Consequently, unbearable guilt and psychological agony drove him to his tragic doom.
    因此，无法忍受的内疚，以及心灵上的痛苦将他带入了悲惨的结局。
26. The doom which I have passed upon her is irrevocable.
    我对她下的判决是不能挽回的。
27. Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom.
    对毁灭和最终厄运的预示。
28. We are the messengers of doom.
    我们便是毁灭的信使。
29. I do not believe that doom and gloom and disaster are the only outcomes.
    我绝不希望毁灭、悲伤和灾难会是唯一的结果。

  fate destiny doom lot【导航词义：命运】

  fate n. 命运

〔辨析〕多指不好的命运，带有不可避免的意味。

  destiny n. 命运，天意

〔辨析〕指将来一定会发生在某人身上的事情，尤指无法改变或控制的事。

  doom n. 厄运，劫数

〔辨析〕指不可避免的悲惨命运，如死亡、毁灭等。

  lot n. 命运，处境

〔辨析〕指工作、社会地位等所处的境况，尤指不太好的处境。

n.

doom and gloom

gloom and doom

• 悲观失望；无望；前景暗淡
  a general feeling of having lost all hope, and of pessimism (= expecting things to go badly)
  1. Despite the obvious setbacks, it is not all doom and gloom for the England team.
     尽管明显受挫，但对英格兰队来说绝非胜利无望。

prophet of doom

doom merchant

• 末日预言者
  a person who predicts that things will go very badly
  1. The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.
     认为电视会扼杀书籍的悲观预言家完全错了。

noun

1. an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
   1. everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
   2. that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world

   Synonym:    doomsdayday of reckoningend of the world

verb

1. decree or designate beforehand
   1. She was destined to become a great pianist

   Synonym:    destinefatedesignate

2. make certain of the failure or destruction of
   1. This decision will doom me to lose my position

3. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
   1. He was condemned to ten years in prison

   Synonym:    sentencecondemn