Word · Frequency #14546
ominously
不祥地；不吉利地
in a way that suggests something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
- 1.
In an ominous manner; with sinister foreboding.
不祥地；凶兆地。
不祥地；凶兆地。；恶兆地；不吉利地; 预示地
In use
The sky turned ominously dark, and everyone hurried to get inside.
The old bridge creaked ominously as the truck crossed it.
The phone rang ominously at three in the morning.
Ominously, + clause
用于句首作评注性状语，表达说话人对后文感到不安。
Ominously, the sky darkened over the sea.
不祥的是，海面上的天空暗了下来。
ominously + adjective
用于形容词前，强调某种状态带有凶兆。
The sky turned ominously dark.
天空不祥地变暗了。
verb + ominously
The engine rumbled ominously.
发动机不祥地隆隆作响。
Common mistakes
The sky became ominously.The sky became ominous.
系动词 become 后应接形容词作表语，不能接副词。ominously 是副词，修饰动作或全句；这里需要用形容词 ominous 来描述主语的状态。
He looked at us ominous.He looked at us ominously.
look at 是实义动词短语，需要副词修饰动作。ominous 是形容词，不能修饰动词；ominously 表示“不祥地”，说明看的方式。
Connections
Collocations
- loom ominously
- 不祥地逼近
- Dark clouds loomed ominously on the horizon.乌云不祥地在地平线聚集。
- say ominously
- 不祥地说
- "We're not done yet," he said ominously.“我们还没完呢，”他不祥地说。
- ominously silent
- 不祥地寂静
- The house was ominously silent when we arrived.我们到达时，房子里寂静得不祥。
- grow ominously
- 不祥地增长
- Tensions between the two countries grew ominously.两国之间的紧张局势不祥地升级。
- rumble ominously
- 不祥地隆隆作响
- Thunder rumbled ominously in the distance.远处雷声不祥地隆隆作响。
- look ominously like
Learner notes
Memory Tip
词根omen意为“预兆”，联想到乌鸦出现是不祥的预兆，ominously就表示事件“不祥地、恶兆地”发生。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：书面叙述、新闻报道 ominously 多用于书面叙述或新闻报道中，表示某事以不祥或不吉利的方式发生；口语中也会使用，但通常带有一定的书面或正式色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 ominously 共享末尾拼写 -ously 和读音 /əsli/，但重音元音及后面辅音不同，因此不构成完整押韵。注意拼写相似并不代表读音完全相同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.