ominous

来自omen,预兆，预示，-ous,形容词后缀。即有预兆的，在早期也可指吉兆，现仅用来指凶兆，不祥的。

ominous (adj.)

1580s, from Latin ominosus "full of foreboding," from omen (genitive ominis) "foreboding" (see omen). Related: Ominousness.

1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.

不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。

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5. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

1. 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"

2. presaging ill-fortune;

"ill omens"

"ill predictions"

"my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley

"a dead and ominous silence prevailed"

"a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.

不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone...

电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He crept toward her with a light in his eye that was ominous.

他眼冒凶光,一步步朝她逼去.

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If it continues on its present ominous course , however, they will have to.

然而,如果事态继续向目前这种不吉利的方向发展, 他们得引起重视了.

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It was an ominous incident which foreshadowed worse things to come.

这是一场不吉利的事件,它预示着还要有更糟糕的事情发生.

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It was an ominous harbinger of species.

那是种不祥的预兆.

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Martyr's Shrine, the creation an ominous era, carried out maintenance of the Qing Dynasty.

忠烈祠, 创建年代不祥, 清代进行过维修.

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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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An ominous warning from North Korea to the rest of the world.

朝鲜向世界发出了不祥的预兆.

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Ominous items of news of varied credibility now began to come in.

这时,可信程度不同的各种不祥的消息开始传来了.

辞典例句

There is a widespread testimony that this ominous fact is due to inherent biological defects in the crowded life of cities.

有一个普遍的证据可以说明这种不吉利的事实归咎于城市拥挤生活中的固有的生态缺陷.

《用法词典》

The onset of dyspnea in heart disease usually signifies an ominous prognosis.

心脏病患者出现呼吸困难通常提示预后不良.

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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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But now the very size and scale that seemed so alluring is beginning to look ominous.

但现在它的尺寸规模似乎如此的诱人--正开始显示不祥.

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The trend is ominous.

这样的趋势是不吉利的.

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The audience felt that a startling revelation was to follow this ominous prelude.

情绪激动的人们预感到必然会从黑暗深处爆发雷声.

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A savage howl, like an ominous setting sun , punctured immortality so slimy and solemn.

有狂野的嗥叫像不祥的残阳击穿粘稠肃穆的永恒.

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There are ominous signs of a downturn in Britain, too.

在英国, 房价也出现了反转的征兆.

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That is ominous for students and the people who fund them.

对学生和资助学生的人而言,这绝非是一个好兆头.

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His voice, for all its lightness, had an ominous ring.

他的话音虽轻, 却含有一种不祥的腔调.

辞典例句

Successful , Benefitial. As for the 8 th month ( august ) it is ominous.

《临》元亨, 利贞 .至于八月有凶.

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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.

《简明英汉词典》

Founded during the ominous, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing generations are rebuilt.

始建年代不祥, 金 、 元 、 明、清各代均有重修.

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The development of severs hypertention in glomerular disease is an ominous s ign.

肾小球疾病时发生严重高血压是一种不良的现象.

辞典例句

There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.

不祥的阴霾在头顶上汇聚。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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。

柯林斯例句

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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