首页英语词典grimgrim英英释意

grim

英 [grɪm] 美[ɡrɪm]
  • adj. 冷酷的;糟糕的;残忍的
  • n. (Grim)人名;(英、德、俄、捷、匈)格里姆

英英释意


1. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
"grim determination"
"grim necessity"
"Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"
"relentless persecution"
"the stern demands of parenthood"
2. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
"ghastly wounds"
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"
"the grim task of burying the victims"
"a grisly murder"
"gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"
"macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"
"macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
3. harshly ironic or sinister;
"black humor"
"a grim joke"
"grim laughter"
"fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
4. causing dejection;
"a blue day"
"the dark days of the war"
"a week of rainy depressing weather"
"a disconsolate winter landscape"
"the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
"a dark gloomy day"
"grim rainy weather"
5. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;
"a dour, self-sacrificing life"
"a forbidding scowl"
"a grim man loving duty more than humanity"
"undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
6. characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom;
"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
"gloomy predictions"
"a gloomy silence"
"took a grim view of the economy"
"the darkening mood"

双语例句


1. Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes.
心理测试能够使组织机构避免犯下损失惨重的大错。

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2. She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth.
她是个沉默寡言、令人畏惧的女人。

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3. The report paints a grim picture of life there.
那则报道把那里的生活描绘得很凄惨。

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4. Things were pretty grim for a time.
事情一度糟糕透了。

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5. The committee walked out, grim-faced and shocked.
全体委员走了出去,脸色凝重,大为震惊。

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