hoodoo + noun phrase
主动语态，直接宾语表示受影响的对象。
The witch hoodooed the village.
女巫使村庄倒霉。
使倒霉；给......带来厄运或不幸。
使倒霉；给......带来厄运或不幸。
To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.
一般现在时
They say that breaking a mirror hoodoos you for seven years.
他们说打碎镜子会使你倒霉七年。
一般过去时
The old curse hoodooed the entire village last century.
那个古老的诅咒在上个世纪使整个村庄倒霉。
现在完成时
Superstitions have hoodooed many travelers throughout history.
迷信在历史上使许多旅行者倒霉。
使倒霉
Old sailors believe that whistling on a ship hoodoos the voyage.
老水手相信在船上吹口哨会给航行带来厄运。
用法提示：这里hoodoo作为动词，表示‘带来厄运’或‘诅咒’。
She felt that losing the necklace had hoodooed her luck ever since.
她觉得丢了项链后，运气就一直被诅咒了。
用法提示：hoodooed是过去分词形式，表示‘使倒霉’。
Some say that the ancient curse is hoodooing the entire town.
有人说古老的诅咒正在给整个镇子带来不幸。
用法提示：hoodooing是现在分词，表示持续造成厄运。
主动语态，直接宾语表示受影响的对象。
The witch hoodooed the village.
女巫使村庄倒霉。
被动语态，by引出导致不幸的施动者。
The team was hoodooed by a series of injuries.
球队因一连串伤病而倒霉。
grammar · medium
易错句子The team has a hoodoo that causes them to lose.
正确表达The team is hoodooed and keeps losing.
使用名词形式代替动词。'hoodoo'作为动词表示'使倒霉'，应使用被动语态'is hoodooed'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He hoodooed and I lost the game.
正确表达He hoodooed me, and I lost the game.
缺少宾语。'hoodoo'是及物动词，必须后接宾语，如'hoodooed me'。
voodoo 指巫毒教中的法术，而 hoodoo 指用民间魔法使人倒霉。
jinx 常指无意中的坏运气，而 hoodoo 常指有意施法导致霉运。
hex 强调用咒语施法，可能有好有坏；hoodoo 特指带来霉运的魔法。
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