doom
doom — noun
1. a terrible future event, such as death, destruction, or complete failure, that c
a terrible future event, such as death, destruction, or complete failure, that cannot be prevented or escaped
The townspeople knew the rising flood waters spelled doom for their village.
collocation: spell doom for
A heavy sense of doom settled over the team as their opponents scored again.
collocation: sense of doom
Salma stared at the crumbling castle walls, feeling her doom was near.
Could the islanders escape their doom after the volcano sent ash across the sky?
The general's orders sent thousands of soldiers to their doom on the battlefield.
- fate
neutral — can be good or bad; less dramatic than doom
- destruction
concrete and physical; focuses on the act of being ruined rather than the inevitability
- ruin
suggests a gradual process of decline rather than a sudden unavoidable end
- salvation
rescue from harm or destruction
常見錯誤
doom — verb
1. to make a terrible outcome absolutely certain for someone or something — such as
to make a terrible outcome absolutely certain for someone or something — such as a wrong decision that dooms a project, or a serious mistake that dooms a career
A lack of supplies and medicine doomed the rescue effort from the very start.
Asher knew that his injured leg had doomed his hopes of winning the race.
The new shopping centre is likely to doom the small family farms nearby.
Reema felt her plan was doomed when the bank refused to lend her the money.
A single careless error in the calculations doomed months of the team's hard work.
文法句型
be doomed to + noun
be doomed to + infinitive
用法筆記
Usually used in the passive voice with 'to': be doomed to + noun (failure, destruction, extinction) or be doomed to + infinitive (be doomed to fail, be doomed to repeat). The subject is often a plan, effort, relationship, or living thing.