death or destruction; any terrible event that you cannot avoid 死亡；毁灭；厄运；劫数 to meet your doom 死亡 She had a sense of impending doom (= felt that something very bad was going to happen). 她预感到厄运已经逼近。
Extra ExamplesFuel shortages spelled the doom of such huge gas-guzzling cars. 燃油短缺宣告了这类耗油量大的大型轿车的末日。 He sealed his own doom by having an affair with another woman. 他与另一个女人有染，毁了自己。 The ordinary soldiers went to meet their doom with great bravery. 普通士兵英勇赴死。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- impending
- certain
- spell
- doom and gloom
- a feeling of doom
- a sense of doom
- …
Word OriginOld English dōm ‘statute, judgement’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘to put in place’; related to do1.
Idioms
doom and gloom | gloom and doom
a general feeling of having lost all hope, and of pessimism (= expecting things to go badly) 悲观失望；无望；前景暗淡 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。 It's not all doom and gloom and there is lots to look forward to. 前景并非一片惨淡，仍然还有很多期待。
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