doom
n [U]
1 (rhet 修辞) death or ruin; any terrible and inevitable fate 死亡; 毁灭; 劫数; 厄运
meet/go to one's doom 死亡
send a man to his doom 使某人陷入绝境.
2 = doomsday.
3 (idm 习语) the crack of doom => crack1. a prophet of doom => prophet.
doom v [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.t]
~ sb (to sth) condemn sb (to death, destruction, failure, etc) 注定某人(死亡、 毁灭、 失败等)
The plan was doomed from the start. 那计划从一开始就注定要失败.
Are whales doomed to extinction? 鲸鱼是否注定要绝种?
We loathe each other, yet we seem doomed constantly to meet. 我们相互厌恶, 但似乎偏偏冤家常碰头.
Shylock must promise to leave the money upon his death to his daughter and her husband.
夏洛克必须答应在他死后把这笔财产留给他的女儿和女婿。
There are two other points to consider.
发传真要考虑另外两点。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.