学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3166 ominous
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：英语单词荟萃
英语课
今天我们要学的词是 ominous 1. ominous is spelled o-m-i-n-o-u-s, ominous.
ominous 的意思是不祥的，凶多吉少的，The United States and Britain recently issued a rare and ominous alert charging Russia with ramping 2 up cyber attacks on American and British companies, government operations and infrastructure，美国和英国最近罕见地发布了一个不祥的预警，指控俄罗斯加大了对美国和英国的公司、政府运作和基础设施的网络攻击。In an ominous sign, Russian courts handed down jail sentences to protesters opposing Putin's new term in office just hours after the president's swearing-in ceremony concluded，一个不祥的迹象是，就在普京宣誓就职仪式结束几小时内，俄罗斯法院对反对普京连任总统的抗议者们判处监禁。
adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的
- 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。
- There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。