Doom

(n.)

death of destruction; any terrible event that you cannot avoid

死亡；毁灭；厄运；劫数

e.g. to meet your doom

死亡

e.g. She had a sense of impending doom (=felt that sth. very bad was going to happen)

她预感到厄运已经逼近。

(idm.) doom and gloom / gloom and doom: a general feeling of having lost all hope, and of pessimism (=expecting things to go badly)

悲观失望；无望；前景黯淡

e.g. 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。

(idm.) prophet of doom / doom merchant: a person who predicts that things will go very badly

末日预言者

e.g. The prophet of doom who said television would kill off the obok were wrong.

认为电视会扼杀书籍的悲观预言家完全错了。

(v.)

doom sb/sth (to sth): to make sb/sth certain to fail, suffer, die, etc.

使...注定失败（或遭殃、死亡等）

e.g. The plan was doomed to failure

这个计划注定要失败。

e.g. The marriage was doomed from the start.

这桩婚姻从一开始就注定要破例。

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