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小词详解 | grim
grim 英 [ɡrɪm] 美 [ɡrɪm]
In a widely circulated post in December, Wang Xing, the founder of Meituan-Dianping, made a grim prediction that “2019 might be the worst year of the past decade, but it will be the best of that to come”.
去年 12 月,美团点评的创始人王兴在网上发布的一段话广为流传。他悲观地预测道:“2019 年可能会是过去十年里最差的一年,但却是未来十年里最好的一年。”
——《经济学人》Her award was the only win of the night for the movie, in which Awkwafina plays a Chinese-American immigrant struggling with her cultural identity while trying to shield her grandmother (Zhao Shuzhen) from a grim diagnosis.
她的获奖是这部电影当晚的唯一收获,奥卡菲娜在电影中饰演一名挣扎于自己文化认同中的美籍华人移民,她试图隐瞒她的奶奶(赵淑珍饰),不让她知道自己严峻的病情。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 令人沮丧或担心的
她脸上带有的坚定不移的神态
with a look of grim determination on her face表情严肃的警察
grim-faced policemen
未来一片渺茫。
The future looks grim.事情一度糟糕透了。
Things were pretty grim for a time.
这房子在雨中显得阴郁凄凉。
The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.
上星期我确实病得厉害。
I felt really grim last week.很遗憾,他们的演出真不怎么样!
Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!
More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.
更重要的是,大批失业公民正面临严峻的生存问题,还有大批公民正以艰辛的劳动换取微薄的报酬。只有愚蠢的乐天派会否认当前这些阴暗的现实。
dreadful: used to emphasize the degree to which something is the case, especially something regarded with sadness or disapproval dire: (of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent ghastly: extremely unwell