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

• 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。
• Where had these ominous words come from?
  这句不祥的话是哪来的？
• She disappeared, he said in an ominous tone.
  她不见了，他的语调中有种不祥的预兆。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone
  电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。