doom2 ●○○ noun [uncountableU] ENDsomething very bad that is going to happen, or the fact that it is going to happen 〔不可避免的〕厄运,劫数 A sense of impending doom (=coming very soon) gripped her. 她心头被一种大难临头的感觉所笼罩。
sense/feeling of doom 在劫难逃的感觉
spell doom for something (=mean that something will be unable to continue or survive) 某事物意味着毁灭 The recession spelled doom for many small businesses. 这次经济衰退给许多小公司带来了厄运。
Thousands of soldiers met their doom (=died) on this very field. 数千名士兵就是在这个战场上丧生的。
doom and gloom/gloom and doom (=when there seems to be no hope for the future) 无望,悲观失望 Despite these poor figures, it’s not all doom and gloom. 尽管这些数字很糟糕,但还不至于说一点希望也没有。
n COLLOCATIONSadjectivesimpending doom (=likely to happen soon)With a terrible sense of impending doom, he opened the door and went in.
certain/inevitable doom (=sure to happen)Some environmentalists have concluded that the planet faces certain doom.
verbsspell doom (=mean that something will not continue to exist)Many people predicted that Internet growth would spell doom for the traditional media.
meet your doom (=die in an unpleasant way)At the end of the movie, the bad guys met their doom.
phrasesa sense/feeling of doomEveryone in the business has a feeling of doom at the moment.
doom and gloom/gloom and doom (=bad things that may happen in the future)The newspapers are always full of doom and gloom.
a prophet of doom (=someone who says that something bad is going to happen)The prophets of doom were confounded when the team won the championship.