doom
[du:m] noun uncountable
■death, destruction or any very bad situation that cannot be avoided 死亡；毁灭；厄运•A sense of doom hung over the entire country.整个国家都笼罩在厄运降临的气氛之中。 •The newspapers are always full of doom and gloom (= bad news and unhappiness) these days.如今报纸上总是报道一些不幸的新闻消息。
[du:m] verb transitive usually passive
■to make someone or something certain to do or experience something unpleasant, or to make something bad certain to happen 使注定；使必然发生•[+ to infinitive] Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past?我们注定要重复过去的错误吗？ •Mounting debts doomed the factory to closure.债台高筑使工厂无法逃脱关闭的命运。 |