grim
- adj.严峻的;严肃的;阴森的;令人沮丧的;坚定的;阴冷的;令人不快的;凄凉的;生病的;无吸引力的;质量低劣
最高级： grimmest 比较级： grimmer 派生词： grimly adv.;grimness n.
grimadj.
严肃的；坚定的；阴冷的
looking or sounding very serious
a grim face/look/smile
严肃的面孔 / 表情；冷笑
She looked grim.
她表情严肃。
with a look of grim determination on his face
他脸上带有的坚定不移的神态
grim-faced policemen
表情严肃的警察
令人不快的；令人沮丧的
unpleasant and depressing
grim news
令人沮丧的消息
We face the grim prospect of still higher unemployment.
我们面临着失业率进一步上升的暗淡前景。
The outlook is pretty grim.
前景令人甚感忧虑。
Things are looking grim for workers in the building industry.
对建筑业的工人来说形势看来很不乐观。
无吸引力的；阴森的；凄凉的
not attractive; depressing
The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.
这房子在雨中显得阴郁凄凉。
the grim walls of the prison
令人抑郁的监狱四壁
生病的；不舒服的
ill/sick
I feel grim this morning.
我今天早上感到不舒服。
质量低劣；糟糕
of very low quality
Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!
很遗憾，他们的演出真不怎么样！
‘It won't be easy,’ he said grimly.
“那不会很容易。”他严肃地说。
grimly determined
坚定不移
to hold sb/sth very tightly because you are afraid
grim
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ADJ-GRADED 严峻的；令人不快的；让人沮丧的；令人难以接受的
A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depress ing, and difficult to accept.They painted a grim picture of growing crime...
他们描绘了犯罪率上升的严峻情形。
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...an unrelenting grimness of tone.
语气中一直带着沮丧
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ADJ-GRADED （地方）无吸引力的，阴森的，凄凉的
A place that is grim is unattractive and depressing in appearance.The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement.
这座城市最初可能并不吸引人，但是它有一种生机和活力。
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ADJ-GRADED 严肃的；坚定的；沉重的
If a person or their behaviour is grim, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something.She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth...
她是个沉默寡言、令人畏惧的女人。
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'It's too late now to stop him,' Harris said grimly.
“现在阻止他已经太晚了，”哈里斯严肃地说道。
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ADJ-GRADED 糟糕的；讨厌的；丑陋的；令人沮丧的
If you say that something is grim, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing.Things were pretty grim for a time.
事情一度糟糕透了。
adj
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- shockingly repellent;inspiring horror
- ghastly wounds
- the grim aftermath of the bombing
- the grim task of burying the victims
- a grisly murder
- gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
- macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
- macabre tortures conceived by madmen
- Synonym: ghastly grisly gruesome macabre sick
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- causing dejection
- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
- Synonym: blue dark dingy disconsolate dismal gloomy sorry drab drear dreary
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- filled with melancholy and despondency
- gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
- gloomy predictions
- a gloomy silence
- took a grim view of the economy
- the darkening mood
- lonely and blue in a strange city
- depressed by the loss of his job
- a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
- downcast after his defeat
- feeling discouraged and downhearted
- Synonym: gloomy blue depressed dispirited down(p) downcast downhearted down in the mouth low low-spirited
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- not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- grim determination
- grim necessity
- Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
- relentless persecution
- the stern demands of parenthood
- Synonym: inexorable relentless stern unappeasable unforgiving unrelenting
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- harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
- a dour, self-sacrificing life
- a forbidding scowl
- a grim man loving duty more than humanity
- undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barri
- Synonym: dour forbidding
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- harshly ironic or sinister
- black humor
- a grim joke
- grim laughter
- fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit
- Synonym: black mordant
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But Washington would do well to take a deep breath before reacting to the grim numbers .
但美国政府最好在对这些严峻的数字作出反应之前深呼吸一下。
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Grim situation puts forward new requirements to the design of flight procedures .
日益严峻的形势对飞行程序的设计提出了新的要求。
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Things are looking grim for workers in the building industry .
对建筑业的工人来说形势看来很不乐观。
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Their performance was fairly grim , I 'm afraid !
很遗憾，他们的演出真不怎么样！
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The report drew a grim picture of inefficiency and corruption .
这份报告描绘了一幅办事效率低下和贪污腐化的可怕景象。
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Yesterday 's crash has grim echoes of previous disasters .
昨天的撞车事故和以前的灾难令人痛心地相似。
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I feel grim this morning .
我今天早上感到不舒服。
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She looked grim .
她表情严肃。
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In this grim little episode of recent American history , few people come out well
在美国近代史上这一小段阴暗时期，很少有人能有好的结果。
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Things were pretty grim for a time .
事情一度糟糕透了。
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The report paints a grim picture of life there
那则报道把那里的生活描绘得很凄惨。
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There was further grim economic news yesterday
昨天又传来更多令人沮丧的经济消息。
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They painted a grim picture of growing crime
他们描绘了犯罪率上升的严峻情形。
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Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes
心理测试能够使组织机构避免犯下损失惨重的大错。
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The city might be grim at first , but there is a vibrancy and excitement .
这座城市最初可能并不吸引人，但是它有一种生机和活力。
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Her expression was grim and unpleasant .
她表情严肃，看上去很不开心。
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The mood could not have been grimmer .
情绪低落到了极点。
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The parks and squares looked grim under a mantle of soot and ash .
在一层烟尘的笼罩之下，公园和广场显得阴沉沉的。
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The tower is a relic of grim days when big houses had to be fortified against invaders
这座塔是那些灰暗岁月的遗迹，那时大房子不得不被加固，以抵御侵略者。
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Prisons like Strangeways , built more than 100 years ago , were intended to look grim and foreboding places .
诸如斯特兰奇韦斯监狱之类建于100多年前的监狱故意营造出一种阴森、不祥的气氛。
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She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth
她是个沉默寡言、令人畏惧的女人。
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The situation is pregnant with grim possibilities .
局势十分严峻。
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The OECD issued a grim forecast for the economies of advanced industrialised countries .
经合组织发布一份前景暗淡的发达国家经济发展预测报告。
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The music was grim .
那音乐很难听。
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Doctors can face some grim trade-offs .
医生们可能会面临一些权衡利害关系的情况。
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I 've had a grim day .
我过了不愉快的一天。
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But even with this extra support , labour-market portents still look grim .
但是即使采取了额外支持措施，劳动力市场依然阴霾密布
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Zeng said the epidemic situation during the winter and spring was likely to remain grim and complex , especially in the upcoming Spring Festival , so it 's necessary to limit gatherings and the flow of people . He advised people to choose off-peak travel and online shopping .
曾益新表示，冬春季，尤其是春节期间，疫情防控形势依旧严峻、复杂，限制聚集活动及人员流动很有必要，同时建议错峰出行和线上消费。
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However , the education situation is still grim , education suffered criticism .
然而，教育形势依然严峻，教育问题饱受诟病。
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Chinese enterprises can not stay out , the situation grim , difficult .
我国的企业也难以独善其身，形势严峻、举步维艰。
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chill sick ill gross dreadful dispiriting bleak stern bad charmless unpalatable dreary dour bitter miserable plangent dismal minging grave ugly austere downbeat meaningful unpleasant sedate doomy unwholesome forlorn objectionable unappealing serious cheerless lugubrious disagreeable severe ghastly uninviting rebarbative heavy