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小词详解 | ominous
ominous 英 [ˈɒmɪnəs] 美 [ˈɑːmɪnəs]
Today those ominous predictions look misplaced.
今天,这些不祥的预测看起来是错的。
——《经济学人》I was terrified by the idea of dependency, which seemed like an ominous gateway.
我被依赖的想法吓坏了,这似乎是一扇不祥的门户。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 给人一种不好的事情即将发生的令人担忧的印象的;凶兆的
不祥的乌云
ominous dark clouds当我询问我的合同是否将续签时,回答我的是不祥的沉默。
There was an ominous silence when I asked whether my contract was going to be renewed.
George and Harry both spun around. Dolores Umbridge was standing in the doorway wrapped in a green tweed cloak that greatly enhanced her resemblance to a giant toad, and smiling in the horribly sickly, ominous way that Harry had come to associate with imminent misery.
乔治和哈利一齐转过身去。多洛雷斯·乌姆里奇站在门口,身上裹着一件绿花呢斗篷,这让她看起来更像一只巨大的癞蛤蟆。她脸上挂着那种令人作呕的、不祥的可怕笑容,哈利已经习惯把它与即将到来的痛苦联系在一起了。
inauspicious: not conducive to success; unpromising portentous: of or like a portent; of momentous significance unpropitious: (of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavourable