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

• In recent years, the traffic environment is becoming grimmer and grimmer. Moreover, traffic jams, traffic accidents and environmental pollution caused by traffic are also serious.
  近年来，交通环境日趋严峻，交通堵塞、交通事故和交通引起的环境污染问题也日益严重。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, other statistics make grimmer reading.
  不过，其它统计数据给出了更严酷的解读。
• The news out of Zhejiang has been grimmer of late.
  最近，浙江传出的消息变得更加糟糕。
• But two months into the global financial crisis, things look much grimmer for China.
  但陷入全球金融危机两个月之后，中国的形势看上去严峻了许多。
• 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。
• Water shortage is a key element with serious impact on our economic development, especially in this situation even grimmer.
  水资源的短缺是一个严重影响我国经济发展的关键因素，尤其是在现阶段形势更为严峻。
• But the current international environment is grimmer than for decades.
  更何况，当前国际环境比过去几十年严峻得多。