Learner's definition of DOOM
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: very bad events or situations that cannot be avoided厄运；劫数 -
The sailors had a sense/feeling of (impending) doom as the storm approached. [=they sensed or felt that something very bad was going to happen]风暴来袭时，水手们都感到厄运即将来临。
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The prophets of doom [=people who predict that bad things will happen] say that the Internet will kill off print newspapers.悲观预言家们预测互联网将使印刷报纸不复存在。
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The papers are filled with stories of gloom and doom.报纸里充满了悲观失望的报道。
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: death or ruin死亡；毁灭 -
the story of a mysterious creature who lures travelers to their doom关于将旅行者引向死亡的神秘生物的报道
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Prepare to meet your doom. [=die]准备去死吧。
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The poor economy spelled doom for many small businesses. [=many small businesses would fail because of the poor economy]萧条的经济使很多小企业遭受了灭顶之灾。
2 doom /ˈduːm/ verb
dooms; doomed; dooming
dooms; doomed; dooming
Learner's definition of DOOM
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: to make (someone or something) certain to fail, suffer, die, etc.使注定失败；使遭厄运；使死亡 —
usually used as (be) doomed通常用作(be) doomed -
The plan was doomed from the start.这个计划从一开始就注定要失败。
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The treaty is doomed [=destined] to failure/fail.那个条约注定会失败。
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If no one rescues us, we are doomed.如果没人救我们，我们就死定了。
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a project doomed by the poor/weak economy因经济萧条而注定失败的项目
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The species is doomed to extinction.这一物种注定会灭绝。