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

• That is an even more ominous possibility.
  这是一种更加不祥的可能性。
• This ominous warning soon proved prophetic
  这个不祥的警告很快证明是有预见性的。
• She disappeared, he said in an ominous tone.
  她不见了，他的语调中有种不祥的预兆。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had a fall, which was ominous of his downfall.
  他曾跌倒，这是他垮台的征兆。
• Dances teacher is very strict, all day board own face, and to each people very ominous feeling.
  舞蹈老师很严格，整天板著自己的脸，对每个人都很凶的感觉。
• 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。