Doom
[duːm] or [dʊm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) 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'.
(verb.) make certain of the failure or destruction of; 'This decision will doom me to lose my position'.
克利夫顿錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
(v. t.) That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
(v. t.) Ruin; death.
(v. t.) Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.
(v. t.) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
(v. t.) To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death.
(v. t.) To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
(v. t.) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
(v. t.) To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.
吉尔达整理
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Condemn, sentence, pronounce sentence on.[2]. Destine, appoint, decree.
n. [1]. Sentence, judgment, condemnation, judicial decree.[2]. Fate, destiny, lot.
錄入:沃尔特
解釋/意思:
n. judgment: condemnation: destiny: ruin: final judgment: a picture of the Last Judgment.—v.t. to pronounce judgment on: to sentence: to condemn:—pr.p. dōōm′ing; pa.p. dōōmed.—adjs. Doomed under sentence; Doom′ful (Spens.) full of doom ruin or destructive power.—adv. Dooms (Scot.) very exceedingly.—ns. Dooms′day the day of doom the day when the world will be judged; Dooms′day-book (see Domesday); Dooms′man one who pronounces doom or sentence a judge.—Crack of doom the signal for the final dissolution of all things the last trump.
珍妮整理
例句/造句/用法:
- They move like mechanized doom. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I think Mademoiselle Lucy will now confess that the cord and gallows are amply earned; she trembles in anticipation of her doom. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Single men have, no doubt, a right to curse themselves as much as they please; but men with wives involve two in the doom they pray down. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It's my doom, and I can't help it. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- These words fell like the knell of doom-- All those top-knots must be cut off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Her picturesque form no longer looms above the desert of the Dead Sea to remind the tourist of the doom that fell upon the lost cities. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Where Judy Trenor led, all the world would follow; and Lily had the doomed sense of the castaway who has signalled in vain to fleeing sails. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I would almost as soon believe that the cat curls the end of its tail when preparing to spring, in order to warn the doomed mouse. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Mrs. Peniston felt as if there had been a contagious illness in the house, and she was doomed to sit shivering among her contaminated furniture. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- And Birkin, who, for some reason was now tired and dispirited, said to him: 'I always feel doomed when the train is running into London. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Nearer and nearer came the doomed man. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- It seemed to me that I was this dayespecially doomed--the main burden and trial falling on me alone of all the female teachers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- She immediately fell into the slave-trader's fangs, and was doomed for the New Orleans market. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
卡斯特罗校對