| 释义 |
predoom, v.|priːˈduːm|
Also 7 præ-.
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. a. To pronounce the sentence or doom of beforehand; to precondemn. b. To foreordain (some doom) to. So predoomed |-ˈduːmd|, preˈdooming ppl. adjs.
1618Owles Almanacke Raven 2, I haue euer been held a Prædooming Bird. 1786Hist. in Ann. Reg. 51/2 The Sheich Mansour pretended that he was pre-doomed by the..decrees of heaven to fill up the measure of divine revelation. 1796Coleridge Dest. Nations 182 The indwelling angel-guide, that oft..shapes out Man's course To the predoom'd adventure. 1859Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 725 All Had marvel what the maid might be, but most Predoom'd her as unworthy. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. i. 10 He predooms future suffering to the innocent by a reckless indulgence of his own inclination in the present. 1885R. Buchanan in N. Amer. Rev. May 452 Shall Man, predoom'd, Cling to his sinking straw of consciousness? |