doomsayer
noun[C]
mainlyUSuk/ˈduːm.seɪ.ər/us/ˈduːm.seɪ.ɚ/someone who saysbadthings are going tohappen:
灾难预言者，末日论者Despite the doomsayers, the AtheniansdeliveredtheOlympicGameswhen they said they would.尽管有末日论者的悲观言论，但雅典人还是如愿以偿地举办了奥运会。
"Ihateto be a doomsayer," he said, "but it's going to be hard toattractnewbusiness.""我不想乌鸦嘴，"他说："但是真的很难吸引到新的业务。"
- The doomsayersthinkIndianindustrywill bewipedout.
- Unlike some doomsayers, he has done plenty ofhomework.
- Back then,peoplelike him wereconsidereddoomsayers, achorusofbleakvoicesprophesyingastrangewarto come.
People who make predictions
- clairvoyant
- diviner
- forecaster
- fortune teller
- futurist
- harbinger
- palmist
- prophet
- prophetess
- psychic
- seer
- sibyl
- soothsayer
- visionary