剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - grim collapse

grim
/grɪm/ (grimmer, grimmest)

adjective
WITHOUT HOPE 没有希望的
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* worrying, without hope
忧愁的；令人担忧的；令人沮丧的

1. The future looks grim.
未来一片渺茫。

/grɪm/ (grimmer, grimmest)

adjective
SERIOUS 严肃的
* worried and serious or sad
忧愁的；严肃的

1. Her face was grim as she told them the bad news.
她满脸愁容地把这个坏消息告诉了他们。

2. The expression on his face was one of grim determination.
他脸上一副破釜沉舟的神情。

3. Later Mr Ashby left the court, grim-faced and silent.
后来阿什比先生离开了法庭，表情严肃，一言不发。

/grɪm/ (grimmer, grimmest)

adjective
UNPLEASANT 令人不快的
informal
* very unpleasant or ugly
令人不快的；讨厌的；丑陋的

1. a grim-looking block of flats
丑陋不堪的公寓楼

/grɪm/ (grimmer, grimmest)

adjective
hang / hold on like grim death UK
* to hold on very tightly to something, despite great difficulty
死死地抓住不放，紧紧抓住不松手；咬牙坚持

1. Darren always drives and I sit behind him, hanging on like grim death.
总是达伦来开车，我则坐在他后面，一路壮着胆子硬撑。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - grim collapse

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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

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）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

3.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.

【FIELD标签】：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。

4.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.

【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

  • Things were pretty grim for a time.

    事情一度糟糕透了。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - grim collapse

grim
grim / ^rim / adjective (grim·mer, grim·mest)
1. looking 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 determination on his face
   他脸上带有的坚定不移的神态
    grim-faced policemen
   表情严肃的警察
2. unpleasant 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 grim for 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,他们的演出真不怎么样！
• grim·ly adv.:
   '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 noun [U]
 IDIOMS 
▪ hang / hold on for / like grim 'death
(BrE) (also hang / hold on for dear 'life NAmE, 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

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - grim collapse

grim adj.
Grim is used with these nouns: determination, discovery, expression, face, fate, fortress, future, humour, look, milestone, news, outlook, picture, prediction, reality, realization, reminder, satisfaction, scenario, smile, spectre, task, truth, warning, weather

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - grim collapse

grim adj.
⇨ bad (a grim reminder) ⇨ stern (a grim expression)

新牛津英语同义词词典 - grim collapse

grim

adjective
1 she took in his grim expression
STERN , forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable, aloof, distant; formidable, strict, dour, harsh; steely, flinty, stony; fierce, ferocious, threatening, menacing; cross, churlish, crabbed, surly, sour, ill-tempered, unsmiling; cruel, ruthless, merciless.
-opposite(s): AMIABLE, PLEASANT.

2 she was caught between a rock and a hard place, she realized with grim humour
BLACK , dark, mirthless, bleak, cynical, fatalistic.
-opposite(s): LIGHT-HEARTED.

3 the asylum holds some grim secrets
DREADFUL , dire, ghastly, horrible, horrendous, horrid, terrible, awful, appalling, frightful, shocking, unspeakable, atrocious, harrowing; grisly, gruesome, hideous, disgusting, revolting, gory, macabre, morbid; depressing, distressing, upsetting, worrying, unpleasant, disagreeable.

4 a grim little hovel
BLEAK , dreary, dismal, dingy, wretched, miserable, disheartening, depressing, cheerless, comfortless, joyless, gloomy, sombre, uninviting, drab; informal God-awful.

5 two beasts locked in grim combat
MERCILESS , cruel, ruthless, pitiless, savage, vicious, brutal, harsh, severe.

6 there was grim determination in every line of her face
RESOLUTE , determined, firm, decided, steadfast, dead set; obstinate, stubborn, obdurate; unyielding, uncompromising, unbending, unwavering, unfaltering, unshakeable, intractable, adamant, inflexible; unrelenting, relentless, dogged, tenacious, inexorable, persistent, strong-willed.
-opposite(s): IRRESOLUTE.

词源记忆 - grim collapse

grim 严肃的，阴冷的
来自PIE→*ghrem, 生气的，拟声词，模仿咆哮的声音。