ominous
- adj.不祥的;预兆的;不吉利的;恶兆的
最高级: most ominous 比较级: more ominous 派生词: ominously adv.
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ADJ-GRADED 不祥的;恶兆的;不吉利的
If you describe something as ominous, 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。
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The bar seemed ominously quiet...
酒吧里非常安静,给人一种不祥的预感。
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- presaging ill fortune
- ill omens
- ill predictions
- my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelle
- a dead and ominous silence prevailed
- a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
- Synonym: ill inauspicious
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- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- a baleful look
- forbidding thunderclouds
- his tone became menacing
- ominous rumblings of discontent
- sinister storm clouds
- a sinister smile
- his threatening behavior
- ugly black clouds
- the situation became ugly
- Synonym: baleful forbidding menacing minacious minatory sinister threatening
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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。
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There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead .
不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。
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There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone
电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。
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It 's an ominous development that may bode ill for the Russian parliament .
进展很不顺利,对俄罗斯议会来说这可能是个坏兆头。
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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。
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This ominous warning soon proved prophetic
这个不祥的警告很快证明是有预见性的。
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These all look like they 're from the ominous decade .
看起来都像凶兆十年的产物
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Given the amount of time people spend with digital devices , that sounds ominous .
鉴于我们在数码设备上花的时间如此之多,这听起来有些不妙。
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Some comments by Chinese officials carried an ominous tone .
中国官员的一些言论透露出了一种不祥的基调。
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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。
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One year after his disappearance , ominous rumors began circulating .
他失踪后一年,可怕的谣言开始传开。
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This is , to say the least , an ominous sign .
这至少不是一个好兆头。
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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。
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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。
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It would be scientists in Sweden who told the world something ominous had occurred .
直到后来瑞典科学家向世界宣布那里发生了恶性事件。
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To consumers used to enjoying a free ride , this sounds ominous .
对于惯于得到免费内容的消费者而言,这听上去不是什么好兆头。
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another ominous scene in a nightmare that has occurred in this small county .
另一起噩梦般不祥的场景发生在这个小县城。
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Where had these ominous words come from ?
这句不祥的话是哪来的?
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That is the good news : the outlook for the longer term is more ominous .
这是一个好消息:更长期的前景更为不利。
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She disappeared , he said in an ominous tone .
她不见了,他的语调中有种不祥的预兆。
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A sky-high pile of clean laundry might seem an ominous task .
洗干净的衣服堆成一堆,要整理收拾似乎是很无趣的工作。
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He was depressed , for he saw something ominous in this dinner party .
他心情很坏,因为他在这个宴会上察觉到一些不祥之兆。
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Those black clouds look a bit ominous .
乌云压顶,来势不妙。
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He raised one eyebrow , his voice ominous .
他挑起一侧眉头,声音里充满了不祥的预兆。
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Now , though , a more ominous reversal may be underway .
现在,一个不祥的转变又在形成中。
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That is an even more ominous possibility .
这是一种更加不祥的可能性。
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Surely the meat department is most ominous of all .
当然了,肉类柜台最充满凶兆。
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And yet credit continues to tighten , while the signals from banks are ominous .
但信贷继续紧缩,银行方面发出的信号是不祥的。
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Their departure looked ominous because lightening hit the tree .
因为闪电打倒树木,所以他们的离去看起来不太吉利。
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Actually it 's emitting an ominous energy .
确切地来讲,它正在散发不祥的剑气。