今天我们要学的词是 ominous. ominous is spelled o-m-i-n-o-u-s, ominous. ominous 的意思是不祥的，凶多吉少的，The United States and Britain recently issued a rare and ominous alert charging Russia with ramping up cyber attacks on American and British companies, government operations and infrastructure，美国和英国最近罕见地发布了一个不祥的预警，指控俄罗斯加大了对美国和英国的公司、政府运作和基础设施的网络攻击。In an ominous sign, Russian courts handed down jail sentences to protesters opposing Putin's new term in office just hours after the president's swearing-in ceremony concluded，一个不祥的迹象是，就在普京宣誓就职仪式结束几小时内，俄罗斯法院对反对普京连任总统的抗议者们判处监禁。