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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。
不祥地；不吉利地
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不祥地；不吉利地
in a way that suggests something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
Ominously, the sky darkened over the sea.
不祥的是，海面上的天空暗了下来。
不祥地；凶兆地。
In an ominous manner; with sinister foreboding.
The sky turned ominously dark, and everyone hurried to get inside.
天空不祥地变暗了，大家都急忙进屋。
The old bridge creaked ominously as the truck crossed it.
卡车驶过时，那座旧桥发出不祥的吱嘎声。
The phone rang ominously at three in the morning.
凌晨三点电话不祥地响了起来。
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。
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。
The engine rumbled ominously.
发动机不祥地隆隆作响。
Not this
The sky became ominously.
Use this
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。
Not this
He looked at us ominous.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
不祥地逼近
Dark clouds loomed ominously on the horizon.
乌云不祥地在地平线聚集。
不祥地说
"We're not done yet," he said ominously.
“我们还没完呢，”他不祥地说。
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。
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。
不祥地隆隆作响
Thunder rumbled ominously in the distance.
远处雷声不祥地隆隆作响。
不祥地像是
The situation looks ominously like a repeat of the 2008 crisis.
这种局面看起来不祥地像是2008年危机的重演。
Use ominously naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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.