doom经典引文

1. an unpleasant or disastrous destiny;

   "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"
   "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"
   

1. decree or designate beforehand;

   "She was destined to become a great pianist"
   

2. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law;

   "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
   

3. make certain of the failure or destruction of;

   "This decision will doom me to lose my position"
   

1.厄运;劫数;毁灭
Doom is a terrible future state or event which you cannot prevent.

e.g. ...his warnings of impendingdoom.
他关于大难临头的警告
e.g. ...a wicked mermaid who lured sailors to theirdoom.
引诱水手走向灭亡的邪恶的美人鱼

2.悲观;沮丧
If you have a sense or feeling ofdoom, you feel that things are going very badly and are likely to get even worse.

doom是什么意思

e.g. Why are people so full of gloom anddoom?...
为什么人们如此沮丧悲观？
e.g. Attendance figures had been steadily dropping, creating a mood ofdoom and discouragement among theatre directors.
上座人数一直持续下降，使得戏剧导演产生悲观泄气的情绪。

3.注定;命定;使在劫难逃
If a fact or eventdooms someone or somethingto a particular fate, it makes certain that they are going to suffer in some way.

e.g. That argument doomed their marriage to failure.
那次争吵使他们的婚姻注定要失败。

1. Bad weather doomed the crops.
   坏天气注定了庄稼要歉收。
2. The action doomed his efforts.
   这一行动注定他的努力要失败。
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3. The plan was doomed by their refusal to give it any financial support.
   由于他们拒绝给予任何资助,该计划注定要失败。

1. The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.
   这份关于我们经济状况的报告,充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
2. In the room there was a sense of Hitler's doom having been sealed.
   在房间里,人人都觉得希特勒已经劫数难逃。

• He revised the whole code of Anglo-Saxon law, and compiled a new book of dooms.

  出自：J. Lingard

• There the equall Judge..dooms each voice aright.

  出自：P. Fletcher

destiny，fate，lot，doom，luck，fortune

这些名词均有“命运”或“运气”之意。

destiny普通用词，侧重预先注定的命运，对未来命运的美好憧憬。

fate较庄严用词，多指不幸的命运，暗示不可避免，令人畏惧和人的意志无法改变，宿命论色彩较浓。

lot多指偶然的运气或终身遭受的不幸命运。

doom指最终的，常常是灾难性或毁灭性的命运，隐含不可避免的意味。

luck普通日常用词，指好的或坏的运气，尤多指好运气，有时也指成功或愉快的结局。

fortune普通用词，指由机会或运气来决定的一种命运，如暗示一种比fate好的运气或一种愉快的未来。

sentence，condemn，judge，convict，doom

这些动词均含有“判决、宣判”之意。

sentence法律用词，指根据罪犯所犯罪行的轻重而宣判处罚。

condemn指法院对审理结束的案件做出的定罪判刑。

judge指对案件作出审理判决，但判决内容较笼统，不如sentence和condemn使用广泛。

convict法律用词，指审判后判定有罪，但未作最后判决。

doom书面用词，指郑重他宣判某人有罪。