doom

破滅、滅亡

人や物を待ち受ける死や崩壊などの恐ろしい結末。

やさしい英語で： Death, destruction, or another terrible end that someone or something faces.

• They feared their coming doom.
• The village faced certain doom as the fire approached.
• A sense of doom spread through the crowd.

類義語： destruction, death

よく使う表現： meet your doom, certain doom, sense of doom, fall to your doom

刑を宣告する

特に死刑など、誰かに刑罰を科すと正式に決める。

やさしい英語で： To officially decide that someone must suffer a punishment, especially death.

• The court doomed him to death.
• The prisoners were doomed to years of hard labor.
• A harsh judge could doom a thief to death.

使い方： doom someone to something (The judge doomed the prisoner to death.)

類義語： condemn, sentence

よく使う表現： doom someone to death, doom a prisoner