ominous

英 [ˈɒmɪnəs]

美 [ˈɑːmɪnəs]

adj.  预兆的; 恶兆的; 不吉利的

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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

• She disappeared, he said in an ominous tone.
  她不见了，他的语调中有种不祥的预兆。
• Though the signs are ominous, experts also agree that neither side wants war.
  虽然迹象不祥，专家们同意，任何一方都不希望战争。
• 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。
• These clouds are ominous. They portend a severe storm.
  这些云是不祥的预兆，预示着一场大风暴即将来临。
• 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。
• But the political shifts that are now helping Israel look much more ominous in the long run.
  然而，从长期来看，这些政治上的转变让以色列的未来显得更为不祥。
• 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。
• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.
  那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• That is an even more ominous possibility.
  这是一种更加不祥的可能性。
• 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。