/?du?m.se?.?/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。"More examples
The doomsayersthinkIndianindustrywill bewipedout.
Unlike some doomsayers, he has done plenty ofhomework.
Back then,peoplelike him wereconsidereddoomsayers, achorusofbleakvoicesprophesyingastrangewarto come.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesPeople who make predictions
