doom /duːm/
n.厄运；毁灭；死亡；劫数
vt.使…注定失败(或遭殃、死亡等)
1.名词，不可数 死亡；厄运；毁灭；劫数
death or destruction; any terrible event that you cannot avoid
to meet your doom
死亡
Thousands of residents met their doom in this flood.
数千居民在这场洪水中丧生。
They're just like eggs hurled against stone; they're heading for their doom.
鸡蛋怎能碰得过石头，还不是自寻死路。
She had a sense of impending doom.
她预感到厄运已经逼近。
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。
A sense of imminent doom was inescapable.
一种即将来临的毁灭感无可逃避。
A sense of impending doom came upon all of us.
我们所有人都有一种大难临头的感觉。
From the moment Edward had told her of the escape attempt, she had been overtaken by a sense of impending doom.
自从爱德华告诉她打算逃跑的那一刻起，她便强烈感到厄运在一步步逼近。
I promised myself I'd defy all the prophets of doom and battle back to fitness.
我发誓要打破所有的死亡预言，力争恢复健康。
The prophets of doom who said television would kill off the book were wrong.
认为电视会扼杀书籍的悲观预言家完全错了。
2. doom and gloom
gloom and doom
悲观失望；无望；前景暗淡
Despite the obvious setbacks, it is not all doom and gloom for the England team.
尽管明显受挫，但对英格兰队来说绝非胜利无望。
Why are people so full of gloom and doom?
为什么人们如此沮丧悲观？
3.动词 注定;命定;使在劫难逃
to make sb/sth certain to fail, suffer, die, etc.
That argument doomed their marriage to failure.
那次争吵使他们的婚姻注定要失败。
The plan was doomed to failure.
这个计划注定要失败。
This policy is doomed to failure
这项政策注定会失败。
Their plans seemed doomed to failure
他们的计划好像注定要失败。
Many thought that he was doomed to ignominious failure.
许多人认为他注定会极不光彩地失败。
Any attempt to set back the wheel of history is doomed to failure.
任何要使历史倒退的企图都是注定要失败的。
Those who go in for intrigues and conspiracy are doomed to failure.
搞阴谋诡计的人注定要失败。
One who committed many injustices is doomed to failure.
多行不义必自毙。
The marriage was doomed from the start.
这桩婚姻从一开始就注定要破裂。
I used to pour time and energy into projects that were doomed from the start.
我过去常常将大量时间和精力投入到从开始就注定要失败的计划中。
He knew that if he lived, he would be doomed to spend the war as a prisoner.
他知道如果他活下来，他将注定以战俘的身份度过战争。
Brad Pitt steals the show as the young man doomed by his zest for life.
布拉德·皮特扮演一名因对生命怀有极大热情而注定在劫难逃的年轻人，抢尽了镜头。
