loom 作业练习

loom：if something unpleasant or difficult looms, it seems likely to happen soon.

当我们想表示“迫在眉睫”或“一触即发”时，就可以用loom表示。主语一般都是有一些负向意义的词，比如：crisis, problem, threat, danger等。

牛津释义：

1. to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening or threatening way.

eg. A dark shape loomed up ahead of us.

2. to appear important or threatening and likely to happen soon.

eg. There was a crisis looming.

idioms：

loom large：to be worrying or frightening and seem hard to avoid.

eg. The prospect of war loomed large.

作业练习：

1. 人们开始担心人工智能的发展。

翻译：The concern of Artificial Intelligence development looms.

答案：As artificial intelligence advances, concerns loom.

2. 场景1) 每当想到写年度报告，心中的忧虑就挥之不去。 造句1) Every time I think of writing the annual report, anxiety looms.

场景2) 被要求相亲的压力沉重地压在我的心头。 造句2) The pressure of being arranged a blind date loomed large in my mind.

loom 作业练习