| 单词 | grim |
| 释义 | grim (grɪm ) Word forms: grimmer , grimmest 1. adjective A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept. They painted a grim picture of growing crime. There was further grim economic news yesterday. The mood could not have been grimmer. Synonyms: terrible, shocking [informal], severe, harsh grimness uncountable noun ...an unrelenting grimness of tone. 2. adjective A place that is grim is unattractive and depressing in appearance. The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement. ...the tower blocks on the city's grim edges. Synonyms: dismal, depressing, bleak, gloomy 3. adjective If a person or their behaviour is grim, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something. [written] She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth. Her expression was grim and unpleasant. Synonyms: stern, severe, harsh, grave grimly graded adverb 'It's too late now to stop him,' Harris said grimly. 4. adjective If you say that something is grim, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing. [informal] Things were pretty grim for a time. Synonyms: hard, tough, harsh, unpleasant Idioms: hold onto something like grim death [mainly British] to hold onto something very tightly I clung to the chain like grim death. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: grim consequences The status quo will not do: a business that breaches its banking covenants must adapt violently, or face the grim consequences of mismanagement and denial. Times, Sunday Times The grim consequences of plastic pollution are already on us, demanding urgent action or threatening dire consequences. Times, Sunday Times The pressure on young minds increases incredibly, leading to unexpected and grim consequences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The poisonous fungus you insist on cultivating in the grotto will bring grim consequences for all of us. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cotton farmers were facing a grim future in the 1960s. Times, Sunday Times Ten years ago the book world was looking at a grim future of inevitable surrender to the digital universe. Times,Sunday Times But if we have another epic run of dry years we could soon be facing a grim future without urgent, imaginative action. Times, Sunday Times In the course of one day we are shown an entire way of life, its disappointments, its grim future. Times, Sunday Times The giant cash-raising exercise shows the nation's biggest bank preparing itself for a potentially grim future. Times, Sunday Times And despite the monthly outlook for changeable conditions across the UK, it will not all be grim news. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It was a serene setting against which to digest the implications of such grim news. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It is grim news for farmers but not unforeseen. Times, Sunday Times (2007) A string of big firms had grim news for their staff yesterday. The Sun (2009) Aircraft engineers were buffeted once again amid a grim outlook for the airline industry, which will have a knock-on effect on its suppliers. Times,Sunday Times The grim outlook means that motor insurers will have failed to make profits for almost 20 years, according to the consultant. Times, Sunday Times The frenetic activity masks a grim outlook for retailers. Times, Sunday Times As a result of the grim outlook, unemployment will steadily rise, increasing from 2.6 million to 2.8 million by the end of next year. Times, Sunday Times But despite this grim outlook, there are rumours of a heatwave on the way later this spring. Times, Sunday Times In another grim prediction, there were warnings of 'widespread' industrial action after the election if the new government makes public sector cuts. The Sun If her grim prediction comes true, these hardliners will get their hands on the council's 800million annual budget. The Sun The writer's grim prediction that total information equals total power was spot-on. Times, Sunday Times The grim predictions came after the tempest left more than a million people in mortal danger. The Sun It's a small sign that, despite grim predictions, our clapped-out economy could be on the long road to recovery. The Sun Despite coming round from his coma after three days he can remember nothing about the entire two weeks he spent defying the hospital's grim prognosis that he was doomed. The Sun It was then that she was given the grim prognosis that there was little that the doctors could do — but that was before she discovered immunotherapy. The Sun His grim prognosis stopped just short of 'buy canned goods'. Times, Sunday Times But she has defied the doctors' grim prognosis. The Sun The grim prognosis came as government figures showed continuing weakness in industrial output. Times, Sunday Times A grim prospect awaits our next prime minister. Times, Sunday Times That's the grim prospect if we continue to rely on oil, gas or coal. The Sun There are ever more tests, exams and non-stop pressure, and now the grim prospect of having to stay in education until 18 - no matter how miserable they are there. Times, Sunday Times This was a grim prospect. Times, Sunday Times Analysts see the grim prospect of bankruptcy protection. Globe and Mail Instead, the first episode was a sustained and grim reminder that keeping calm and carrying on has all the protective heft of a pomander. Times,Sunday Times School magazines unearthed in the archives present a vivid and grim reminder of just how young were so many of the men who fought between 1914 and 1918. Times, Sunday Times An affront to civilisation: a grim reminder of all the terrible things that nature can do. Times, Sunday Times Wrecked cars usually remained in place for long periods of time, providing a grim reminder of the dangers of the highway. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As well as the abandoned kindergarten, there are plenty of other grim reminders of the disaster. The Sun Grim satisfaction can be taken from this in one - and only one - respect. Times, Sunday Times There was no sense of euphoria or internal fireworks; just the measured quota of grim satisfaction that accompanies all of his triumphs. Times, Sunday Times My father nodded with grim satisfaction. Times,Sunday Times I take some grim satisfaction in this news. Times, Sunday Times It's a horror show of contempt and trolling, which has its own grim satisfactions, but the platform also supplies less reprehensible rewards. The Times Literary Supplement Would it really make this grim situation better if you now let your father in on the secret? Times, Sunday Times At the time, this was a wholly understandable view of a grim situation. Times, Sunday Times That had led to his escape and the grim situation we were now facing. Times, Sunday Times Touches of irony, in an otherwise grim situation, give this film its element of faint chuckles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has also faced some very grim situations before. Times, Sunday Times Every other page can turn up a surprise; if not a delight, then at least an occasional grim smile. Times, Sunday Times He punctuates this with a grim smile. Times, Sunday Times The squad would sit after dinner speculating with grim smiles about what horrors he next had in store for them. Times, Sunday Times This film shows the human face of these grim statistics. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Its grim statistics arise from its large population of hoons. Times, Sunday Times (2006) These are the grim statistics of the world's worst man-made disaster. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But the grim toll was expected to easily top 100,000 as hours of inaction passed. The Sun The grim toll has seen almost one-in-three 16 and 17-year-olds out of a job. The Sun A fund for the victims had swollen to more than 3m as stories of the personal tragedies behind the grim toll of 167 dead emerged. Times, Sunday Times Experts said the stunning figure showed the grim toll of the worst slump in living memory. The Sun The grim toll compares to 11.5 per cent of deaths from coronary heart disease. The Sun But he developed tuberculosis; and as their life became increasingly grim and frustrating, she found it intolerable. The Times Literary Supplement But over the last two seasons it has grown increasingly grim. The Sun All this time, walking lets the mind wander and unlooses increasingly grim memories, truths or halftruths. The Times Literary Supplement So those who own property are becoming insufferably smug, and those who do not are feeling increasingly grim. Times, Sunday Times Increasingly grim market conditions had led many commentators to predict more cut-price deals for next summer. Times, Sunday Times These are pretty grim stats by any standards. The Sun It's a pretty grim message, though, isn't it? Times, Sunday Times He admits to having felt 'pretty grim' on hearing the diagnosis. Times, Sunday Times It was pretty grim and has taken months to restore. The Sun The marketing wheeze of starting the tournament in a black strip was pretty grim, too. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 严酷的 Japanese: いやな |
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