ominous

英 [ˈɒmɪnəs]

美 [ˈɑːmɪnəs]

adj.  预兆的; 恶兆的; 不吉利的

IELTSGRETEM8

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
  1. There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
     不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。
  2. 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。

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.
  1. There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone...
     电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Is that simply an omission? Or is it an ominous omen? Recent history offers reason to worry.
  难道这仅仅是简单的疏忽？又或者说是一种不祥的预兆？看看近些年的历史，我们有理由感到担忧。
• 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。
• Demographic and epidemiological transitions now combine with nutritional and behavioural transitions to create ominous new trends.
  人口和流行病学方面的转变现与营养和行为方面的转变结合起来，产生不祥的新趋势。
• It seems ominous to us now as a precursor to movements that would more effectively exploit such anger and such dreams.
  对我们现在来说，它似乎是一些运动的不祥前兆，而这些运动将更为有效地利用这种愤怒和这种梦想。
• The pace and severity of financial crises have taken an ominous turn for the worse.
  金融危机的发生速率与严重程度已经不祥地恶化了。
• That is an even more ominous possibility.
  这是一种更加不祥的可能性。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's an ominous development that may bode ill for the Russian parliament.
  进展很不顺利，对俄罗斯议会来说这可能是个坏兆头。