[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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 is grim is unpleasant, depress ing, and difficult to accept.
They painted a grim picture of growing crime...
他们描绘了犯罪率上升的严峻情形。
There was further grim economic news yesterday...
昨天又传来更多令人沮丧的经济消息。
The mood could not have been grimmer.
情绪低落到了极点。
grimness
...an unrelenting grimness of tone.
语气中一直带着沮丧
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（地方）无吸引力的，阴森的，凄凉的 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.
这座城市最初可能并不吸引人，但是它有一种生机和活力。
...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
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]严肃的；坚定的；沉重的 If a person or their behaviour is grim, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something.
[WRITTEN 笔语]
She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth...
她是个沉默寡言、令人畏惧的女人。
Her expression was grim and unpleasant.
她表情严肃，看上去很不开心。
grimly
'It's too late now to stop him,' Harris said grimly.
“现在阻止他已经太晚了，”哈里斯严肃地说道。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]糟糕的；讨厌的；丑陋的；令人沮丧的 If you say that something is grim, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing.
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Things were pretty grim for a time.
事情一度糟糕透了。
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grim/ɡrɪm; NAmEɡrɪm/adjective(grim·mer,grim·mest)1looking or sounding very serious 严肃的；坚定的；阴冷的◆a grim face/look/smile严肃的面孔╱表情；冷笑◆She looked grim.她表情严肃。◆with a look of grim determinationon his face 他脸上带有的坚定不移的神态◆grim-facedpolicemen 表情严肃的警察2unpleasant and depressing 令人不快的；令人沮丧的◆grim news令人沮丧的消息◆We face the grim prospect of still higher unemployment.我们面临着失业率进一步上升的暗淡前景。◆The outlook is pretty grim.前景令人甚感忧虑。◆Things are looking grimfor workers in the building industry. 对建筑业的工人来说形势看来很不乐观。3(of a place or building 地方或建筑物)not attractive; depressing 无吸引力的；阴森的；凄凉的◆The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.这房子在雨中显得阴郁凄凉。◆the grim walls of the prison令人抑郁的监狱四壁4[not before noun ]( BrE) ( informal) ill/sick 生病的；不舒服的◆I feel grim this morning.我今天早上感到不舒服。5[not usually before noun ]( BrE) ( informal) of very low quality 质量低劣；糟糕◆Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!很遗憾，他们的表现真不怎么样！▶grim·ly/ɡrɪmli; NAmEɡrɪmli/adverb◆‘It won't be easy,’ he said grimly.“那不会很容易。”他严肃地说。◆grimly determined坚定不移grim·ness/ɡrɪmnəs; NAmEɡrɪmnəs/noun[uncountable ]IDIOMhang/hold on for/like grim ˈdeath( BrE) (alsohang/hold on for dear ˈlifeNAmE,BrE)( informal) to hold sb/sth very tightly because you are afraid （害怕得）死死抓住不放，紧紧抓住不松手grimgrimmergrimmestgrim/ɡrɪm; NAmEɡrɪm/grim·ly/ɡrɪmli; NAmEɡrɪmli/grim·ness/ɡrɪmnəs; NAmEɡrɪmnəs/
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grimgrim /ɡrɪm/ ●●○ adjective
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1making you feel worried or unhappySYN harsh: the grim reality of rebuilding the shattered town When he lost his job, his future looked grim. Millions of Britons face the grim prospect (=something bad that will probably happen) of dearer home loans. We received the grim news in silence.2looking or sounding very serious: ‘I’ll survive,’ he said with a grim smile. The child hung on to her arm with grim determination. The police officers were silent and grim-faced.3British English informal very bad, ugly, or unpleasant: The weather forecast is pretty grim. They painted a grim picture of what life used to be like there. a grim industrial town4[not before noun] informal ill: Juliet felt grim through the early months of her pregnancy.5hold/hang on for/like grim death British English informal to hold something very tightly because you are afraid—grimly adverb: Arnold smiled grimly.—grimness noun [uncountable]
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