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doom

释义

doom

noun uncountable

UK /duːm/

1
a bad event, usually death, destruction, or complete failure, that will happen in the future and cannot be avoided
He predicted doom for any country that did not act immediately.
impending doom (=likely to happen soon):
A sense of impending doom hung over the meeting.
meet your doom (=die in an unpleasant way):
the famous castle in Denmark where Hamlet met his doom
Synonyms and related words
Fate and destiny
fate
destiny
providence

phrases

doom and gloom

spell doom for

doom

noun uncountable

US /dum/

1
a bad event, usually death, destruction, or complete failure, that will happen in the future and cannot be avoided
He predicted doom for any country that did not act immediately.
meet your doom (=die in an unpleasant way):
the famous castle in Denmark where Hamlet met his doom
impending doom (=likely to happen soon):
A sense of impending doom hung over the meeting.
Synonyms and related words
Fate and destiny
fate
destiny
providence

phrases

doom and gloom

spell doom for

doom

verb transitive usually passive

UK /duːm/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	doom
he/she/it	dooms
present participle	dooming
past tense	doomed
past participle	doomed

1
to make someone or something certain to fail, be destroyed, be extremely unhappy etc
doom someone/something to something:
The invention of the train doomed the canals to extinction.
doom someone/something to do something:
She felt she was doomed to work in an office all her life.
be doomed to failure:
These schemes are always doomed to failure.
Synonyms and related words
To have a bad effect, or to reduce a good effect
damage
spoil
harm

doom

verb transitive usually passive

US /dum/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	doom
he/she/it	dooms
present participle	dooming
past tense	doomed
past participle	doomed

1
to make someone or something certain to fail, be destroyed, be extremely unhappy, etc.
doom someone/something to something:
The invention of the train doomed the canals to extinction.
doom someone/something to do something:
She felt she was doomed to work in an office all her life.
be doomed to failure:
These schemes are always doomed to failure.
Synonyms and related words
To have a bad effect, or to reduce a good effect
cost
damage
spoil

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