mass noun
1- death, destruction, or some other terrible fate死亡; 毁灭; 劫数：
the aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water.
飞机一头坠入水中, 遭受灭顶之灾。
1.1
- in sing. archaic (in Christian belief) the Last Judgement〈古〉（基督教教义中的）末日审判; 最后审判日, 世界末日。
with obj.(一般作be doomed)
1- condemn to certain destruction or death宣告…必然毁灭; 宣告…必然死亡：
fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed.
燃料从受损的机翼溢出, 飞机注定要完蛋了。
1.1
- cause to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome使有不幸的必然结果：
her plan was doomed to failure
她的计划注定要失败
as adj. doomed the moving story of their doomed love affair.有关他俩注定要失败的恋情的感人故事。
短语
doom and gloom （亦作gloom and doom）
- a general feeling of pessimism or despondency悲观失望的氛围：
the national feeling of doom and gloom.
全国的悲观失望气氛。
词源
Old English dōm 'statute， judgement'， of Germanic origin， from a base meaning 'to put in place'; related to DO1.