资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Doom \Doom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doomed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dooming}.]
   1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.]
      --Milton.

   2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to
      consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a
      criminal doomed to chains or death.

            Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
                                                  --Dryden.

   3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

            Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak.

   4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New
      England] --J. Pickering.

   5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
      appoint, as by decree or by fate.

            A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
            difficulties.                         --Macaulay.

资料来源 : WordNet®

doomed
     adj 1: marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old
            sailor he was doomed"
     2: in danger of the eternal punishment of hell; "poor damned
        souls" [syn: {cursed}, {damned}, {unredeemed}, {unsaved}]
     3: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture
        was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business
        venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner
        was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott [syn: {ill-fated}, {ill-omened},
         {ill-starred}, {unlucky}]
     4: (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate;
        "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of
        Kennedy's assassination" [syn: {fated}]
     n : people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the
         doomed was in his voice" [syn: {lost}]