| 单词 | dire necessity |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdire necessity c. In weakened (now trivial) use, apparent first in dire necessity: terrible, dreadful; awful, ‘frightful’; unpleasant, objectionable. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme > specifically of something bad or reprobated woefula1400 mortalc1425 preciousc1475 fine1559 trim1569 gay1581 unconscionable1590 pocky1601 abominable1612 fearful1634 handsome1638 plaguey1694 dreadful1700 awfy1724 murrain1728 diabolical1750 deuced1782 dire1836 sinful1863 sodding1881 blooming1882 flaming1895 ruddy1896 abysmal1904 awful1916 hellishing1927 right1958 steaming1962 schwag1993 1836 E. B. Barrett Lett. to M. R. Mitford (1983) I. 7 The dire necessity of having every window in the house open to the ceaseless rolling of carriages. 1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude viii. 180 I didn't say anything so dire, did I—merely that Gordon resembles you in character. 1933 G. Heyer Why shoot Butler? ii. 32 ‘I practically had to accept,’ she explained. ‘Apparently things are pretty dire since the murder. Basil's got nerves, or something.’ 1969 N. Cohn Pop from Beginning xix. 176 They were small ravers, loud and brash and really a bit dire. 1985 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Aug. 902/1 She finds herself courted..by the defector from The Purple Rose, a dire social comedy. < as lemmas |
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