| 单词 | doomed |
| 释义 | doomed (duːmd ) 1. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] If something is doomed to happen, or if you are doomed to a particular state, something unpleasant is certain to happen, and you can do nothing to prevent it. Their plans seemed doomed to failure. [+ to] He knew that if he lived, he would be doomed to spend the war as a prisoner. 2. adjective Someone or something that is doomed is certain to fail or be destroyed. Fireman battled through the smoke in a doomed attempt to rescue the children. I used to pour time and energy into projects that were doomed from the start. Synonyms: hopeless, condemned, ill-fated, fated Collocations: doomed attempt to Initial stages of denial and anger were followed by a doomed attempt to bargain with the Scottish people for their votes. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He then used a series of rotten excuses in a doomed attempt to avoid a red card. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Giving names and numbers to days, months and years is just a doomed attempt to impose meaning on a universe that has none. Times, Sunday Times (2013) In 1953 he was part of a doomed attempt to rescue a sick climber on K2. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The transport ministry has suspended officials who allowed the doomed flight to break rules by flying on the day it crashed. Times, Sunday Times The doomed flight was put into third position for the approach. Times, Sunday Times Flight data from the doomed flight showed that the angle-of-attack readings for the pilot and co-pilot varied by 20 degrees. Times, Sunday Times The doomed flight, they implied, had been a test mission. Times, Sunday Times The film recreates the journey of the infamous doomed flight in real time. The Sun Heartbreaker, his debut, was exquisite in its telling of a doomed relationship. ST It's not a sense of urgency so much as inevitability, like when you need to redecorate the house, or get out of a bearable but doomed relationship. Times, Sunday Times Lyrically, too, she's less shrouded, documenting a doomed relationship with startling candour. Times, Sunday Times The song talks about how infidelity can actually set one free from a doomed relationship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Entering into doomed relationships stops you feeling vulnerable. The Sun A mystery passenger or crewman on the doomed ship made the pastel drawing. The Sun The rusty key was for a box containing binoculars on the bridge of the doomed ship. The Sun It will always serve in the public's imagination as the doomed ship. The Sun A young airman, he was one of the lucky ones to escape from the doomed ship. Times, Sunday Times The doomed ship was again torpedoed and in 30 seconds she sank in 340 fathoms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 注定的 Japanese: 運命にある |
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