ominously
adverb uk/ˈɒm.ɪ.nəs.li/ us/ˈɑː.mə.nəs.li/
恶兆地,不祥地,不吉利地
in a way that suggests that something unpleasant is likely to happen
I went into the kitchen and found him lying ominously still on the floor. 我走进厨房,发现他不祥地躺在地板上一动不动。
"I'm waiting," Evelyn said ominously. “我在等着,”伊芙琳不祥地说。
See: ominous
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- Locals are finding fewer fish to eat and, more ominously, the tide rises a bit higher each year.
- They talked ominously about the possibility of redundancy.
- No issue hangs over the Games more ominously than drugs.