剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - bleak collapse

bleak
/bli:k/
adjective
* If weather or a place is bleak, it is cold, empty and not welcoming or attractive
（天气或地方）寒冷的；荒凉的；凄凉的

1. The house stands on a bleak, windswept moor.
这座房子坐落在一片饱受风雨侵袭的荒野上。

* If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future
（境况）惨淡的，无希望的

1. The economic outlook is bleak.
经济前景暗淡。

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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.

    牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - bleak collapse

    bleak
    bleak / bli:k / adjective (bleak·er, bleak·est)
    1. (of a situation 状况) not encouraging or giving any reason to have hope
       不乐观的；无望的；暗淡的:
       a bleak outlook / prospect
       暗淡的前景/前途
        The future looks bleak for the fishing industry.
       渔业前景暗淡。
       The medical prognosis was bleak.
       医疗预后不良。
    2. (of the weather 天气) cold and unpleasant
       阴冷的:
       a bleak winter's day
       一个阴冷的冬日
    3. (of a place 地方) exposed, empty, or with no pleasant features
       无遮掩的；荒凉的；索然无味的:
       a bleak landscape / hillside / moor
       荒芜的景色/山坡/野地
       bleak concrete housing
       索然乏味的混凝土住宅群
    • bleak·ly adv.:
       'There seems no hope,' she said bleakly.
       "好像没希望了。"她黯然地说。
       bleakly lit corridors
       光线很暗的走廊
    • bleak·ness noun [U]

    牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - bleak collapse

    bleak adj.

    1. without hope

    • VERBS appear, be, look, seem | become | remain

    • ADVERB extremely, fairly, very, etc. Prospects for the industry are extremely ~. | increasingly

    2. bare/empty/without pleasant features

    • VERBS be, look, seem The landscape looked ~ and desolate in the rain. | become

    • ADVERB very | rather It was a rather ~ and dismal place.

    Bleak is used with these nouns: expanse, expression, future, landscape, moor, outlook, picture, prospect, room, vision, winter

    牛津英语同义词学习词典 - bleak collapse

    bleak adj.
    ⇨ bare (a bleak landscape) ⇨ harsh (a bleak November day) ⇨ negative (The future looks bleak.)

    新牛津英语同义词词典 - bleak collapse

    bleak

    adjective
    1 a bleak landscape
    BARE , exposed, desolate, stark, arid, desert, denuded, lunar, open, empty, windswept; treeless, forestless, without vegetation, defoliated; unsheltered, unprotected, unshielded; rare unwooded.
    -opposite(s): LUSH, VERDANT.

    2 a bleak wind had got up
    COLD , keen, raw, harsh, wintry; piercing, penetrating, biting, nipping, stinging, sharp; freezing, icy, icy-cold, frosty, frigid, chilly; informal nippy; Brit. informal parky; poetic/literary chill.
    -opposite(s): WARM, BALMY.

    3 the future looks bleak
    UNPROMISING , unfavourable, unpropitious, inauspicious, adverse, disadvantageous, uninviting, discouraging, disheartening, depressing, cheerless, joyless, gloomy, sombre, dreary, dismal, wretched, miserable, black, dark, grim, drab, portentous, foreboding, hopeless, ominous.
    -opposite(s): PROMISING, HOPEFUL.

    词源记忆 - bleak collapse

    bleak 暗淡的
    词源同bleach, 漂白，指苍白的，暗淡的。