| 释义 |
doom someone/something to something collocation to make someone or something certain to do or experience something unpleasant, or to make something bad certain to happen: 使注定;使必然发生 Mounting debts doomed the factory to closure.债台高筑使工厂无法逃脱关闭的命运。 The coach's inept tactics doomed the team to failure. See
doomverb Unless there are radical changes, the country will be doomed to years of economic stagnation. A parent's obsession with securing their children's happiness may actually doom the children to a miserable adult life. Poverty and unemployment have doomed the neighbourhood to long-term decline. The whole project was doomed to failure right from the start. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Inevitable all roads lead to Romeidiom baked in be (only) a matter of timeidiom be damned if you do and damned if you don'tidiom be nothing for itidiom implacable implacably inalienable inalienably ineluctable inexorably insuppressible it can't be helpedidiom relentless relentlessly seal unavoidably unescapable unstoppable unstoppably |