adj. 1.可怕的；悲惨的；不吉利的。 2.迫切的，极端的。 短语和例子 a dire need 迫切的需要。
causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" 同义词：awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible,
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency" 同义词：desperate,
例句与用法
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It was obvious, and it was dire . 这是显而易见的，也是悲惨可怕的。
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There would be dire consequences for the rest of the world . 对世界其它地区，后果将不堪设想。
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I see only dire poverty ahead from my feet to the grave . 面临着我的没有别的，只有可怕的贫困。
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This task proved deceptively easy in the dire emergency of 1933 . 在1933年极端紧急状态中，这个任务出乎寻常容易。
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The people here are reduced to dire poverty because of ( the ) natural disasters . 这里的人们由于自然灾害而穷不聊生。
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The united states should strengthen pakistan which found itself in dire peril . 美国应当加强处于严重危险中的巴基斯坦。
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For some years the javanese attacks placed palembang in dire peril . 在几年内爪哇人的进攻，看来已使巴邻旁处于极度危险之中。
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It is now late in season and our clients are in dire need of this fertilizer . 现在施肥季节已经快过去了，我们的客户迫切需要这批化肥。
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He led his clerks a dire life in the city, his family at home were not much happier . 在市中心，他的书记们给他逼得走头无路，在家里，上上下下的人也一样倒楣。
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Should he succeed, he might be followed by other governments in similarly dire economic straits . 如果他能成功，其它的经济处于类似困难境地的政府，就很可能仿效他。
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