单词 | doomed |
释义 | doomed (once / 532 pages) nadj The doomed are people marked by very bad luck, particularly death. When you learn about a tragedy, like a tsunami that kills many people, it makes you feel terrible for the doomed. Doomed is a plural noun for referring to a group of unfortunate people, and it's also an adjective describing someone who's destined to die. A runaway dog that kills the animal control officer's pet chickens is doomed, and many characters in Shakespeare's tragic plays are doomed. You can also follow doomed with "to" to mean "destined" or "fated." Your uncle might be doomed to continue working as a school bus driver for the rest of his career. WORD FAMILYdoom: doomed, dooming, dooms, foredoom+/foredoom: foredoomed, foredooming, foredooms USAGE EXAMPLESHer glamorous mother starred in Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil, but is forever the doomed woman in the shower in Psycho. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) It would be hard to argue with Clement if he decided that was the case, because Swansea appear doomed. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) At Esquire, Charlie Pierce asked rhetorically, “Are You Ready for the End of the Republican Party?” Salon was even more direct, declaring, “Republicans are doomed.” Salon(Dec 28, 2016) 1n people who are destined to die soon the agony of the doomed was in his voice Syn|Hyper lost people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively 2adj marked for certain death the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed Syn dead no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life 3adj in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell Syn cursed, damned, unredeemed, unsaved lost spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed 4adj (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate doomed to unhappiness Syn fated certain, sure certain to occur; destined or inevitable 5adj marked by or promising bad fortune their business venture was doomed from the start Syn ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky unfortunate not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune |
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