| 释义 |
doom¹ /duːm/ n. | vt. | phr.
I n.
1. 命运；厄运；劫数；毁灭；死亡
His doom was to be poor. 他命中注定受穷。
go to one's doom 死(或灭亡)
He met his doom in the battle. 他在战斗中阵亡。
Failure would ring the doom of the organization. 失败将会敲响这个组织的丧钟。
In the room there was a sense of Hitler's doom having been sealed. 在房间里，人人都觉得希特勒已经劫数难逃。
2. 判决；定罪
He begged the judge to revoke his doom of exile. 他恳求法官撤销将他流放的判决。
3. [有时作D-]末日审判；最后审判日，世界末日
4. 〈废〉法律，法令
II vt.
1. 注定，命定
The whole project was doomed to failure (或 to fail). 整个计划注定要失败。
His crippled leg doomed him to long periods of unemployment. 他的瘸腿注定他要长期失业。
2. 判定，判决
The prisoner was doomed to death. 犯人被判死刑。
3. 使…的失败(或毁灭、灭亡等)成为必然
The regime is doomed. 那政权注定要垮台。
Bad weather doomed the crops. 恶劣的天气必然使庄稼歉收。
All this seemed to doom his chances in the election. 所有这些似乎都使他必然失去在选举中获胜的机会。
4. 〈废〉宣布…作为惩罚
[<OE dōm law, judgment] |