Doom

(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'.

克利夫顿录入

• They move like mechanized doom. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• 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. 维莱特.
• 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. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It's my doom, and I can't help it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• These words fell like the knell of doom-- All those top-knots must be cut off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• 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. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• 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. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• 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. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• 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. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• 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. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Nearer and nearer came the doomed man. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• 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. 维莱特.
• She immediately fell into the slave-trader's fangs, and was doomed for the New Orleans market. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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