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Doomed Kills People Adj 形容词 Happen 英 Dʊmd] 美

英语单词 doomed
英美音标 英 [dʊmd] 美 [dʊmd]
中文释义 adj.命中注定的
动词doom的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句 (1) The project is doomed to fail.
(2) The enterprise was doomed to failure.
中文例句 (1) 这计划注定要失败。
(2) 该企业注定要失败。
vocabulary简明 The doomed are people marked by very bad luck, particularly death. When you learn about a tragedy, like a tsunami that kills many people, it makes you feel terrible for the doomed.
vocabulary扩展 Doomed is a plural noun for referring to a group of unfortunate people, and it's also an adjective describing someone who's destined to die. A runaway dog that kills the animal control officer's pet chickens is doomed, and many characters in Shakespeare's tragic plays are doomed. You can also follow doomed with "to" to mean "destined" or "fated." Your uncle might be doomed to continue working as a school bus driver for the rest of his career.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词]注定的;命定的 If something is doomed to happen, or if you are doomed to a particular state, something unpleasant is certain to happen, and you can do nothing to prevent it.
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  • Their plans seemed doomed to failure...

    他们的计划好像注定要失败。

  • 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。

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[ADJ 形容词]注定要失败(或毁灭)的 Someone or something that is doomed is certain to fail or be destroyed.
  • Fireman battled through the smoke in a doomed attempt to rescue the children...

    消防队员奋力穿过烟雾企图去救孩子们,而这注定是要失败的。

  • 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。

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