grimmer

英 [ˈgrɪmə]

美 [ˈgrɪmər]

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
grim的比较级

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

• Let us hope that some of the grimmer aspects of this decade are codas to the last century.
  让我们衷心希望，过去十年中的一些坎坷只是20世纪乐章的尾声。
• The mood could not have been grimmer.
  情绪低落到了极点。
• Nowhere is the outlook grimmer than in Somalia, where soaring food prices have added to the problems caused by three years of drought, and17 years of civil war.
  索马里的前景最为严酷，那里的粮食价格飞涨使得三年旱灾及17年内战所带来的问题更为严重。
• It was a grim life, grimmer still because it was the only choice open to many.
  那是一种多么严酷的生活，因为那是面对众人的唯一选择。
• The attached email is grimmer still.
  所附的电子邮件更加沉闷。
• Economy globalization has made cross-border money laundering increasingly in rampancy and anti-money laundering posture grimmer.
  经济全球化使跨境洗钱犯罪日益猖獗，反洗钱形势也变得更加严峻。
• People aware of the importance of energy saving as energy crisis is grimmer.
  能源危机的加剧，使人们更加意识到节能的重要性。
• White House spokesman Tony Fratto says the third quarter gross domestic product figure was not unexpected, and that the current quarter is almost certain to prove even grimmer.
  白宫发言人弗拉托说，第三季度的国内生产总值数字并不出人意料，而且几乎可以肯定，第四季度的经济数据会更糟。
• T   here are few things that   make me feel grimmer than   reading about happiness.
  没有什么比阅读关于幸福的书更让我郁闷的了。
• In Asia the mood has been grimmer as Japan and Hong Kong have lost about half of their value.
  在亚洲，市场氛围更为严酷，日本和香港市场的市值已跌去一半左右。