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Bleak Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Weather Describe Breeze Blights Blossom

英语单词 bleak
英美音标 英 [bliːk] 美 [bliːk]
中文释义 adj.萧瑟的;阴郁的;严寒的;无希望的
英语例句 (1) The bleak breeze blights the brightly blooming blossom.
(2) The bleak ground pullulated with jackrabbits.
(3) It's a bleak look-out for the coal industry as the number of pit closures increases.
(4) The bleak breeze blights the bright blue blossom.
(5) The weather in early December was bleak and unpleasant.
(6) The outlook for survival is bleak.
(7) It's a bleak look-out for the coal industry as the number of pit closures increases.
中文例句 (1) 萧瑟的微风吹枯了盛开着的花。
(2) 荒凉的土地上到处是长耳大野兔。
(3) 煤井关闭的数目日多,煤炭工业前景暗淡。
(4) 寒风摧毁了美丽的兰花。
(5) 十二月初的天气又阴冷又难受。
(6) 存活希望极微。
(7) 煤井关闭的数目日多,煤炭工业前景暗淡。
vocabulary简明 Something that is bleak is gloomy and depressing. If it's raining and dark, you might describe the night as bleak. If you have looked for work and no one will hire you, you could describe your prospects as bleak.
vocabulary扩展 If you and the ten people sharing your lifeboat have been adrift for ten days and are down to your last cracker, your situation is bleak. A near synonym is dismal. Bleak is from Middle English bleik, from Old Norse bleikr "white, pale." This word is related to the English word bleach.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](情形)没有希望的,前景暗淡的 If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
  • The immediate outlook remains bleak...

    近期前景依然暗淡。

  • Many predicted a bleak future.

    很多人都预测前景暗淡。

bleakness
  • The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed.

    美国就业市场的持续低迷被视为罪魁祸首。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](地方)凄清的,荒凉的,萧瑟的 If you describe a place as bleak, you mean that it looks cold, empty, and unattractive.
  • The island's pretty bleak.

    这座岛屿一片荒凉。

  • ...bleak inner-city streets.

    凄清的旧城区街道

3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](天气)阴冷的,寒冷的 When the weather is bleak, it is cold, dull, and unpleasant.
  • The weather can be quite bleak on the coast.

    沿海地区的天气会非常阴冷。

4
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](人)无精打采的,沮丧的,阴郁的 If someone looks or sounds bleak, they look or sound depressed, as if they have no hope or energy.
  • His face was bleak...

    他脸色阴郁。

  • Alberg gave him a bleak stare.

    阿尔伯格沮丧地凝视着他。

bleakly
“什么也没有留下,”她沮丧地说。 'There is nothing left,' she says bleakly.

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