doom
n [U]
1 (rhet 修辞) death or ruin; any terrible and inevitable fate 死亡; 毁灭; 劫数; 厄运
meet/go to one's doom 死亡
send a man to his doom 使某人陷入绝境.
2 = doomsday.
3 (idm 习语) the crack of doom => crack1. a prophet of doom => prophet.
doom v [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.t]
~ sb (to sth) condemn sb (to death, destruction, failure, etc) 注定某人(死亡、 毁灭、 失败等)
The plan was doomed from the start. 那计划从一开始就注定要失败.
Are whales doomed to extinction? 鲸鱼是否注定要绝种?
We loathe each other, yet we seem doomed constantly to meet. 我们相互厌恶, 但似乎偏偏冤家常碰头.
That's right. We will take 10 pigs, 10 sheep and sixty chickens. The chickens can eat the food that we would otherwise throw away. They will provide us with eggs and meat.
没错。我们要带上10头猪、10只羊还有60只鸡。鸡吃我们的剩饭剩菜。它们为我们提供蛋和肉。
Half an hour later, another man struck a match for a cigarette and this time the whole of the inside of the ship caught fire.
半小时后,又一个工人擦亮火柴想点支香烟,这下整个船舱都起了火。
I could see a snake, a bear, a wolf, but no people.