foredoom [
for'dum]
- All attempts to revive the fishing industry were foredoomed to failure.
千方百计振兴渔业注定徒劳无功.
foredoom[ verb ]
doom beforehand
<verb.communication>
Foredoom \Fore*doom"\, v. t. [Cf. {Foredeem}.]
To doom beforehand; to predestinate.
Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.
--Dryden.
Foredoom \Fore"doom`\, n.
Doom or sentence decreed in advance. ``A dread foredoom
ringing in the ears of the guilty adult.'' --Southey.