| 单词 | bleak |
| 释义 | bleak (bliːk ) Word forms: bleaker , bleakest 1. adjective If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve. The immediate outlook remains bleak. Many predicted a bleak future. Synonyms: dismal, black, dark, depressing bleakness uncountable noun The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed. [+ of] 2. adjective If you describe a place as bleak, you mean that it looks cold, empty, and unattractive. The island's pretty bleak. ...bleak inner-city streets. Synonyms: exposed, open, empty, raw 3. adjective When the weather is bleak, it is cold, dull, and unpleasant. The weather can be quite bleak on the coast. Synonyms: stormy, cold, severe, bitter 4. adjective If someone looks or sounds bleak, they look or sound depressed, as if they have no hope or energy. His face was bleak. Alberg gave him a bleak stare. bleakly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective] 'There is nothing left,' she says bleakly. Collocations: bleak assessment His bleak assessment set the stage for further drastic cuts in interest rates - which some experts say could fall as low as 1 per cent. Times, Sunday Times The bleak assessment of the economy was released the day before the fifth anniversary of the credit crunch. Times, Sunday Times It sounds a bleak assessment, and yet that's a word that could never be used to describe her. Times, Sunday Times He used the bleak assessment that forms the earlier part of the quote as a springboard to argue for atheism and the absurdity and pointlessness of existence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Analysts sketched out bleak assessments yesterday. Times,Sunday Times The islanders are still trying to make a living from the land and keep traditional ways of life alive, often in bleak conditions. Times, Sunday Times The journey involved ten hours' driving each way, much of it in bleak conditions, and a ferry crossing. Times, Sunday Times He and his troops won extraordinary praise for a four-day march under bleak conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Functional, utilitarian, yet at the same time high-gloss and reassuringly expensive ... there are worse triggers a brand can deploy in a bleak economy. Times, Sunday Times Oddly, given the bleak economy, this year has seen a blossoming of similar awards. Times, Sunday Times A generally bleak economy has hit several disciplines especially hard, combined with changes to the profession that have for many caused the fun to evaporate from practice. Times, Sunday Times The maquiladora, or assembly industry, was a growth industry in the generally bleak economy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If successful, we foresee a bleak future in which patient needs will take a back seat to financial considerations. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Why will they be the only ones facing a bleak future? The Sun (2016) Such a bleak future is something that has to be factored into our thinking about the future. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This month an all-party group of MPs will report on the bleak future of independent shops and newsagents. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Indeed, both saw a slight rise in their borrowing costs last week at a particularly bleak moment in the negotiations. Times, Sunday Times She has now told of the 'bleak moment' she woke up with double vision and realised the impact of losing her sight. The Sun In the film he trips and knocks himself unconscious colliding with a fire bucket, a characteristically bleak moment of slapstick. The Times Literary Supplement It was really quite a bleak moment. Times, Sunday Times So were some really bleak moments that you don't want to read about. Times, Sunday Times A report by the university's council said there was a bleak outlook and the situation could end up being 'significantly worse than has been assumed'. Times, Sunday Times However, she said the bleak outlook applied to all economies. Times,Sunday Times Economists said the bleak outlook meant interest rates could be frozen at their record low for another year. The Sun Short telomeres mean advanced ageing and a bleak outlook. Times, Sunday Times Despite the bleak outlook, business owners, characteristically, remain upbeat. Times,Sunday Times Coming on top of a €10 billion austerity package announced last year, much of which has yet to come into effect, the latest round of measures signal a bleak period. Times, Sunday Times This bleak period did not pass with the end of the war: 1919 and 1920 brought massive inflation and attendant high wage costs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During particularly bleak periods of his illness, he refused to wash his hair or cut his nails. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That bleak prognosis will come true if high-spending retailers stop advertising. Times, Sunday Times Not ready to accept the bleak prognosis, and despite having no medical or scientific knowledge, they began research to find a treatment. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday, as the retailer shocked the market with grim trading figures, its chairman offered a bleak prognosis for middle-class families. Times, Sunday Times The doctors offered a bleak prognosis, suggesting he was unlikely to survive long because he just didn't have enough lung capacity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Naturally, none of the options gained a majority, which left the branch facing a bleak reality. Times, Sunday Times Shameless was always based on a bleak reality. Times, Sunday Times But her story reveals the bleak reality facing young people attempting to find gainful, long-term employment. Times, Sunday Times The contrast between anodyne image and bleak reality could hardly be greater. Times, Sunday Times We are offered a glimpse into a very bleak reality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So how would a minimum price for alcohol help to improve this bleak situation? Times, Sunday Times But a bleak situation, in which the subdued self cannot find an outlet from time to time, will increasingly oppress and frustrate a pastor. Christianity Today In that context, and contrasted to the bleak situation faced by some applicants, this 'search' feels rather like a game. Times, Sunday Times We now see the true, bleak situation. The Sun Again, the dark clouds depicted above the person signify despair and a terribly bleak situation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Brave investors with a bleak view of the future ahead and faith in its lending skills might want to speculate and wait. Times,Sunday Times Not all residents share a bleak view of the estate. The Sun It's a bleak view, but it contains the truth that all of us know: to recover, you have to retrench. Times, Sunday Times This bleak view has a pervasive influence on the environmental movement to this day. Times, Sunday Times The outlook remains cloudy, and most economic indicators offer a bleak view. Houston Chronicle He would recognise the generally bleak vision of humanity on offer, where everyone manipulates everyone else if they possibly can. Times, Sunday Times A bleak vision, that: no respite for golfers from the vagaries of public opinion in the future. Times, Sunday Times This seems quite a bleak vision of the future - all of us sitting in cubicles, attached to our screens and sipping our nutrient shakes. Times, Sunday Times This seems like a bleak vision of a future we have embarked on with incontinent eagerness. Times, Sunday Times It's a spectacularly bleak vision. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 黯淡的 Japanese: 荒涼とした |
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