| 单词 | dire |
| 释义 | dire 1. a. < the dire days of bombing raids > < if South America were to seek her imports elsewhere, it would be a dire blow to us — Gustave Weigel > < the dire fate which the Lord had seen fit to visit upon her sinful employers — W.H.Wright > b. < palsied by the dire news of the president's death > c. < the heavy drag of winter is then at its most dire — F.M.Ford > < despite its dire point of view, the book jests and jostles with life — Time > 2. < in the fight against foot-and-mouth disease proposals to substitute vaccination for eradication evoked dire forecasts > 3. a. < spokesmen talked about the dire need for school buildings, which had been at least equally dire during the previous two years — W.L.Miller > < this was due to dire necessities elsewhere and not to direct intent or indifference — Herbert Feis > b. < scope is left for instantaneous action, but only in the direst emergency — A.P.Ryan > < while their means were always modest there was no trace of dire poverty — J.T.Ellis > < left his family in dire financial straits > Synonyms: see fearful |
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