ominous

ominous音标

英 [ˈɒmɪnəs]

美 [ˈɑ:mɪnəs]

ominous基本释义

adj.不祥的；预兆的

ominous用法及例句

adj.(形容词)

预兆的

不祥的

不吉的

恶兆的

兆头坏的

不良的

可怕的

来势不善的

使人不安的

1. 不祥的；恶兆的；不吉利的If you describe something as ominous, you mean that it worries you because it makes you think that something unpleasant is going to happen.

e.g. There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone...电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。e.g. The rolls of distant thunder were growing more ominous.远处隆隆的雷声听着愈发惊心，要变天了。

ominouslyThe bar seemed ominously quiet...酒吧里非常安静，给人一种不祥的预感。Ominously, car sales slumped in August...8月份的汽车销量暴跌，这可不是个好兆头。He spoke ominously of the world facing 'a war in Europe and possibly something greater'.他作出不祥的预言，说世界将面临“一场发生在欧洲、甚至可能更大范围的战争”。

1. 不祥的：oblige迫使 | ominous不祥的 | outcry强烈抗议

2. 恶兆的：omen 预兆 | ominous 恶兆的 | ominously 恶兆地

3. 不吉利的：obsequious#顺从的;逢迎的 | ominous#不吉利的 | inquisitive#好奇的

An ominous circumstance that happened the last time we played together.

出自：Goldsmith

近义词

临近词

portentous前兆的

inauspicious不祥的

significant重要的

forbidding可怕的

threatening威胁(性)的

fateful宿命的

black黑的

menacing威胁的

gloomy阴暗的

worrying令人担心的

unfavorable不宜的

baleful有害的

ill坏的

foreboding不祥的预感

unpromising没有希望的(结果未必良好...

minacious威吓的

sinister邪恶的

ill-omened不吉的

minatory威胁的

fated命中注定的

alarming惊人的

warning警告

omission

omer

ominously

相关列句

Or is it an ominous omen?(又或者说是一种不祥的预兆？)

These are ominous words.(此不吉之言也。)

That is an ominous sign in the unforgiving Middle East.(这对于从来不宽恕别人的中东来说是一个凶兆。)

Given such ominous indications, what of the aftermath?(既然之前的预兆如此险恶，那之后的余波会如何呢？)

It may turn out to be the most ominous struggle of them all.(这*终也许是所有努力中前景*黯淡的。)

I can't get enough of them, especially around Halloween when the shadows from the leafless trees take on ominous shapes.(对于它们我百看不厌，尤其是在万圣节期间，那些光秃秃的树的阴影呈现出不详的形状。)

But the evidence tells a different, much more ominous story.(然而，证据却告诉了一个完全不同并且更为不祥的故事。)

There are ominous signs of a downturn in Britain, too.(在英国，房价也出现了反转的征兆。)

There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.(不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。)

However, if the "click" of an opening door is part of an ominous action such as a burglary, the sound mixer may call attention to the "click" with an increase in volume.(然而，如果开门的“咔哒”声是入室抢劫之类的不祥之兆，混音器可能会提高音量，提醒人们注意这个声音。)