doomsday

/ˈduːmzdeɪ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈduːmzdeɪ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdümz-ˌdā/ (ame, mw)

doomsday — 名詞

1. the day everything ends in destruction; in some religions, the day God judges al

1.名詞B2
釋義

末日

世界徹底毀滅之日，某些宗教視為審判日

the day everything ends in destruction; in some religions, the day God judges all people

例句

Amara's neighbours thought she was strange for keeping a storeroom ready for doomsday.

Amara 的鄰居覺得她很奇怪，因為她儲藏了一間房間的食物以防末日來臨。

Kenji ignored every doomsday prediction that appeared in his social media feed.

Kenji 不理會社群媒體上出現的每一條末日預言。

attributive pattern: doomsday + noun

同義詞
  • armageddon

    specifically a final battle between good and evil; carries a more violent and militaristic connotation

  • apocalypse

    emphasises widespread destruction and the collapse of civilisation; more common in secular and scientific contexts

  • judgment day

    strictly the religious belief that God will judge every soul; narrower in scope than doomsday

  • end times

    refers to a whole period of upheaval leading to the end, not a single day; used almost exclusively in religious settings

文法句型

the doomsday + noun

prepare for doomsday

feel like doomsday

用法筆記

Often appears in the phrase the doomsday + noun (doomsday scenario, doomsday prediction). In everyday language, commonly used as hyperbole for any terrible outcome rather than the literal end of everything.

常見錯誤

❌The flood was a doomsday for the village.
✅The villagers said the flood felt like doomsday.
💡doomsday is almost always singular with 'the' or used after 'like'; it is not a countable event with 'a'.