grim

释义

adj.冷酷的，残忍的; 严厉的; 阴冷的; 可怕的，讨厌的

大小写变形: Grim

词态变化

比较级 :   grimmer ; 最高级 :   grimmest ; 副词 :   grimly ; 名词 :   grimness ;

实用场景例句

The situation appeared extremely grim for a while.

局势一度显得异常严峻。

金山词霸

Her expression was grim and unwelcoming.

她脸上露出阴郁而不友好的表情。

金山词霸

Her grim expression and firmly set jaw rendered her a formidable presence.

她阴郁的表情和紧绷的下巴使她显得令人敬畏。

金山词霸

Grim skyscrapers loomed over the barren edges of the sprawling city.

阴森的摩天大楼耸立在这座蔓延都市的荒芜边缘。

金山词霸

Grim as the cityscape might seem at first glance, it thrums with vitality and ceaseless motion.

这座城市的景观乍看可能阴沉压抑，但它却跃动着生机与不息的运动。

金山词霸

Grim economic reports surfaced just 24 hours prior...

就在24小时前，阴郁的经济报告浮出水面...

金山词霸

The grim reality of rising crime was depicted with stark pessimism in their portrayal.

犯罪率上升的严峻现实在他们的描述中以鲜明的悲观态度呈现。

金山词霸

真题例句

Doctors can face some grim trade-offs.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

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月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

英英释义

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"