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grim

[grɪm] [ɡrɪm]
  • 比较级:grimmer;
  • 最高级:grimmest;
  • 副词:grimly;
  • 名词:grimness;
  • 例句
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    • like (或 for) grim death
      with great determination 坚韧不拔地
    英语六级真题
      But Washington would do well to take a deep breath before reacting to the grim numbers.
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    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • 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.
      例句
      They painted a grim picture of growing crime... 他们描绘了犯罪率上升的严峻情形。 There was further grim economic news yesterday... 昨天又传来更多令人沮丧的经济消息。
    • 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.
      例句
      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。 ...the tower blocks on the city's grim edges. 矗立在荒凉的城市边缘的一幢幢塔楼
    • 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.
      例句
      She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth... 她是个沉默寡言、令人畏惧的女人。 Her expression was grim and unpleasant. 她表情严肃,看上去很不开心。
    • 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.
      例句
      Things were pretty grim for a time. 事情一度糟糕透了。
    英汉词典释义
    • adj.
      严酷的, 无情的
      His expression was grim when he told them they had lost their jobs. 当他告诉他们说他们已被解雇时, 他的表情十分冷酷。
      讨厌的, 糟糕的
      I've had a grim day. 我过了不愉快的一天。 I feel pretty grim. 我觉得有点儿不舒服。
    英英词典释义
    • 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"