doom
/duːm/ (bre, ipa) · /duːm/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdüm/ (ame, mw)
doom — 名詞
1. a terrible future event, such as death, destruction, or complete failure, that c
毀滅；劫數
無法避免的毀滅或厄運
a terrible future event, such as death, destruction, or complete failure, that cannot be prevented or escaped
The townspeople knew the rising flood waters spelled doom for their village.
鎮民們知道上漲的洪水意味著村莊即將毀滅。
collocation: spell doom for
A heavy sense of doom settled over the team as their opponents scored again.
隨著對手再次得分，隊員們心中湧現沉重的厄運感。
collocation: sense of doom
Salma stared at the crumbling castle walls, feeling her doom was near.
Salma 凝視著崩塌的城堡牆壁，覺得自己的末日將近。
Could the islanders escape their doom after the volcano sent ash across the sky?
火山將灰燼噴上天空後，島民們能逃脫他們的劫數嗎？
The general's orders sent thousands of soldiers to their doom on the battlefield.
將軍的命令將數千名士兵送向戰場上的毀滅。
- fate
neutral — can be good or bad; less dramatic than doom
- destruction
concrete and physical; focuses on the act of being ruined rather than the inevitability
- ruin
suggests a gradual process of decline rather than a sudden unavoidable end
- salvation
rescue from harm or destruction
常見錯誤
doom — 動詞
- doompresent simple I / you / we / they
- dooms3rd person singular
- dooming-ing form
- doomedpast simple
1. to make a terrible outcome absolutely certain for someone or something — such as
注定
使註定失敗或遭受不幸
to make a terrible outcome absolutely certain for someone or something — such as a wrong decision that dooms a project, or a serious mistake that dooms a career
A lack of supplies and medicine doomed the rescue effort from the very start.
物資和藥品的缺乏從一開始就註定了救援行動的失敗。
Asher knew that his injured leg had doomed his hopes of winning the race.
Asher 知道他受傷的腿已經註定了他無法贏得這場比賽。
The new shopping centre is likely to doom the small family farms nearby.
新的購物中心很可能會毀掉附近的小型家庭農場。
Reema felt her plan was doomed when the bank refused to lend her the money.
當銀行拒絕貸款給 Reema 時，她覺得自己的計畫註定要失敗。
A single careless error in the calculations doomed months of the team's hard work.
計算中的一個粗心錯誤就毀掉了團隊數個月的努力。
文法句型
be doomed to + noun
be doomed to + infinitive
用法筆記
Usually used in the passive voice with 'to': be doomed to + noun (failure, destruction, extinction) or be doomed to + infinitive (be doomed to fail, be doomed to repeat). The subject is often a plan, effort, relationship, or living thing.