ominous
英 [ˈɒmɪnəs]
美 [ˈɑːmɪnəs]
adj. 预兆的; 恶兆的; 不吉利的
Collins.1 / BNC.9650 / COCA.8379
牛津词典
adj.
- 预兆的;恶兆的;不吉利的
suggesting that sth bad is going to happen in the future- There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。 - She picked up the phone but there was an ominous silence at the other end.
她拿起电话,但对方只有不祥的沉默。
- There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 不祥的;恶兆的;不吉利的
If you describe something asominous, you mean that it worries you because it makes you think that something unpleasant is going to happen.- There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone...
电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。 - 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。
- There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone...
双语例句
- I'm sorry, this marriage is ominous for us.
很抱歉,这门婚事对我们来说是不祥的。 - As in any good Gothic horror story, this ominous world hides terrible secrets.
就像所有好看的歌特式恐怖故事,这个不祥的世界里有骇人的秘密。 - The July crisis of 2014 therefore looks ominous.
因此2014年7月的危机看起来是一个不祥之兆。 - Meetings were cancelled? which was nice, but it felt ominous too.
会议被取消了,这很不错,但也让人觉得不祥。 - That is ominous, because match-fixing is going global.
这是不祥的预兆,因为全球各地都出现了操纵比赛的行为。 - The ominous rumblings from a once-dormant volcano were a bad omen.
一座曾一度休眠的火山不时传来不祥的轰隆隆声这可是个不好的预兆。 - She disappeared, he said in an ominous tone.
她不见了,他的语调中有种不祥的预兆。 - We know the statistics and the ominous trends that now encircle the globe.
对于这些数据和当下笼罩全球的不祥趋势,我们都了然于心。 - The collapse of the bank is an ominous reminder of the fragility of the world's banking system.
那家银行的倒闭对世界银行系统的脆弱性是一个不祥的提示。 - There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone
电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。