There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
不祥的黑云在头顶上汇聚。
She picked up the phone but there was an ominous silence at the other end.
她拿起电话，但对方只有不祥的沉默。
1.预兆的,预示的(of)
2.不吉的,不祥的,兆头坏的
1.making you think that something bad will happen
1.roy: you know, that would have been a lot less ominous if he wasn't carrying a stepladder. . .
知道么，要不是他拿着一架活梯，我感到的不祥之兆会少得多…
2.Sounded very ominous when he took me nearby to the lake, conveniently called Lake Lyndon Baines Johnson.
他带我去了湖边，我感觉有些不妙，那个湖叫做林登·贝恩斯·约翰逊湖。
3.There is a widespread testimony that this ominous fact is due to inherent biological defects in the crowded life of cities.
一个普遍存在的证据表明，这一不祥的事实是由于城市拥挤不堪生活所固有的生态缺陷引起的。
4.There are also ominous signs of what economist John Kenneth Galbraith called the "bezzle" beginning to appear above the surface.
这里还有一些不祥之兆：被经济学家约翰•肯尼思•加尔布雷斯（JohnKennethGalbraith）称为“贪污”的行为开始出现。
5.I was happy to hear from her, though her tone was a little ominous.
我很高兴收到她的来信，尽管她的腔调让人有点不祥的预感。
6.Miller Villa face, as if she can feel the air devil vocalization, and all gave her an ominous sense of foreboding.
面对米勒山庄，她仿佛能感觉到空气中魔鬼的嘶叫，一切都给她不祥的的预感。
7.I even got an ominous, anonymous voice mail from someone with a strong drawl cautioning, 'Be careful with what you say. '
甚至有人给我发来一封恶意的匿名语音邮件，语气强硬且傲慢，带着威胁，“说话小心点儿。”
8.As if Tuesday's sell-off on the stock market weren't enough to be worried about, now comes some more ominous news.
好像周二股市的下跌还不足以让人着急似的，现在又有一些不祥消息接踵而至。
9.On his way, he'll cross 36 lands, each packed with clever puzzles, conniving foes, ominous obstacles.
在他的途中，他将跨越36的土地，每个包装巧妙的谜题，纵容敌人，不祥的障碍。
10.Yet as ominous as the drumbeat out of Europe is, there is some reason to believe the dancing will go on for a bit.
不过，虽然来自欧洲的鼓点声有些不妙，但有理由相信舞蹈还将持续一阵子。