/du:m ||; dum/noun [U] death or a terrible event in the future which you cannot avoid 死亡；厄运: a sense of impending doom (= that something bad is going to happen) 不祥的预感Don't listen to her. She's always full of doom and gloom (= expecting bad things to happen). 别听她的。她老是觉得要发生倒霉的事。 ➔doomed adj The plan was doomed from the start. 这个计划从开始就注定要失败。