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
- Where had these ominous words come from?
这句不祥的话是哪来的？ - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - This ominous warning soon proved prophetic
这个不祥的警告很快证明是有预见性的。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone
电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。