grim

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基本釋義

adj.
冷酷的,殘忍的; 嚴(yán)厲的; 陰冷的; 可怕的,討厭的

詞性變化

實用例句

grimly determined

堅定不移

牛津詞典

‘It won't be easy, ’ he said grimly.

“那不會很容易?!彼麌?yán)肅地說。

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Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!

很遺憾,他們的演出真不怎么樣!

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I feel grim this morning.

我今天早上感到不舒服。

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the grim walls of the prison

令人抑郁的監(jiān)獄四壁

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The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.

這房子在雨中顯得陰郁凄涼。

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Things are looking grim for workers in the building industry.

對建筑業(yè)的工人來說形勢看來很不樂觀。

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The outlook is pretty grim.

前景令人甚感憂慮。

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We face the grim prospect of still higher unemployment.

我們面臨著失業(yè)率進(jìn)一步上升的暗淡前景。

牛津詞典

grim news

令人沮喪的消息

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grim-faced policemen

表情嚴(yán)肅的警察

牛津詞典

with a look of grim determination on his face

他臉上帶有的堅定不移的神態(tài)

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She looked grim.

她表情嚴(yán)肅。

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a grim face/look/smile

嚴(yán)肅的面孔 / 表情;冷笑

牛津詞典

Things were pretty grim for a time.

事情一度糟糕透了。

Her expression was grim and unpleasant.

她表情嚴(yán)肅,看上去很不開心。

She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth...

她是個沉默寡言、令人畏懼的女人。

...the tower blocks on the city's grim edges.

矗立在荒涼的城市邊緣的一幢幢塔樓

The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement.

這座城市最初可能并不吸引人,但是它有一種生機(jī)和活力。

There was further grim economic news yesterday...

昨天又傳來更多令人沮喪的經(jīng)濟(jì)消息。

They painted a grim picture of growing crime...

他們描繪了犯罪率上升的嚴(yán)峻情形。

真題例句

Doctors can face some grim trade-offs.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

But Washington would do well to take a deep breath before reacting to the grim numbers.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

It is a grim reality that you can have one person who only makes around 13,000 dollars a year, while across town another is making millions.

2018年12月六級真題(第一套)聽力 Section C

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. 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"

  • 2. 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"

  • 3. harshly ironic or sinister;

    "black humor"

    "a grim joke"

    "grim laughter"

    "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"

  • 4. 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"

  • 5. 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.Barrie

  • 6. characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom;

    "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"

同義詞

反義詞

adj.嚴(yán)厲的;堅強(qiáng)的

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