death or destruction; any terrible event that you cannot avoid 死亡；毀滅；厄運；劫數 to meet your doom 死亡 She had a sense of impending doom (= felt that something very bad was going to happen). 她預感到厄運已經逼近。
Extra ExamplesFuel shortages spelled the doom of such huge gas-guzzling cars. 燃油短缺宣告了這類耗油量大的大型轎車的末日。 He sealed his own doom by having an affair with another woman. 他與另一個女人有染，毀了自己。 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) 悲觀失望；無望；前景暗淡 Despite the obvious setbacks, it is not all doom and gloom for the England team. 盡管明顯受挫，但對英格蘭隊來說絕非勝利無望。 It's not all doom and gloom and there is lots to look forward to. 前景並非一片慘淡，仍然還有很多期待。
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