grim

英 [ɡrɪm]

美 [ɡrɪm]

adj.  严肃的; 坚定的; 阴冷的; 令人不快的; 令人沮丧的; 无吸引力的; 阴森的; 凄凉的

比较级：grimmer　最高级：grimmest　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.5350 / COCA.5348

习惯用语

adj.

hang/hold on for/like grim death
• （害怕得）死死抓住不放，紧紧抓住不松手
  to hold sb/sth very tightly because you are afraid

牛津词典

adj.

• 严肃的；坚定的；阴冷的
  looking or sounding very serious
  1. a grim face/look/smile
     严肃的面孔 / 表情；冷笑
  2. She looked grim.
     她表情严肃。
  3. with a look of grim determination on his face
     他脸上带有的坚定不移的神态
  4. grim-faced policemen
     表情严肃的警察
• 令人不快的；令人沮丧的
  unpleasant and depressing
  1. grim news
     令人沮丧的消息
  2. 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。
  3. The outlook is pretty grim.
     前景令人甚感忧虑。
  4. 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
  1. The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.
     这房子在雨中显得阴郁凄凉。
  2. the grim walls of the prison
     令人抑郁的监狱四壁
• 生病的；不舒服的
  ill/sick
  1. 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
  1. Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!
     很遗憾，他们的演出真不怎么样！

柯林斯词典

• 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 isgrimis unpleasant, depress ing, and difficult to accept.
  1. They painted a grim picture of growing crime...
     他们描绘了犯罪率上升的严峻情形。
  2. There was further grim economic news yesterday...
     昨天又传来更多令人沮丧的经济消息。
  3. The mood could not have been grimmer.
     情绪低落到了极点。
• ADJ-GRADED （地方）无吸引力的，阴森的，凄凉的
  A place that isgrimis unattractive and depressing in appearance.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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 isgrim, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something.
  1. She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth...
     她是个沉默寡言、令人畏惧的女人。
  2. 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 isgrim, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing.
  1. Things were pretty grim for a time.
     事情一度糟糕透了。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• This is what we will have to face the grim reality.
  这是我们明天必须面对的严峻现实。
• However, the reality is grim than imagination.
  然而，现实是残酷比想象中。
• The findings of the United Nations Children's Fund make for grim reading.
  联合国儿童基金会的研究发现了这个残酷现像。
• 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。
• The mood could not have been grimmer.
  情绪低落到了极点。
• Constant high price level is a grim problem facing the government and residents of our country.
  物价水平居高不下是我国政府和广大居民目前所面临的一个严峻问题。
• Although the threat in modern China has been released in some degree, it still faces a grim situation.
  虽然在现代中国得到了某种程度的缓解，但其面临的形势依然严峻。
• I have reached a grim conclusion.
  我得出了一个残酷的结论。