adj. 1.严厉的,冷酷的,残忍的。 2.坚强的,不屈的。 3.可怕的;讨厌的。 4.不祥的,邪恶的。 短语和例子 grim courage 坚韧不拔的勇气。 a grim smile [laugh] 狞笑。 the grim reality 冷酷的现实。 a grim war 残酷的战争。 hold on like grim death 死不放手。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
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" 同义词:ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick,
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" 同义词:blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, sorry, drab, drear, dreary,
filled with melancholy and despondency ; "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"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" 同义词:gloomy, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited,
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" 同义词:inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting,
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 同义词:dour, forbidding,
harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" 同义词:black, mordant,
例句与用法
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Queues are a grim reality of city life . 排队是城市生活中一大现实难题。
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He held on to the branch like grim death . 他紧紧抓住树枝不松手。
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That grim scenario is now unfolding . 这种严酷的前景,目前正在渐渐出现。
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She stuck to her task like grim death . 她百折不挠地执行任务。
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He himself had changed into a grim old dog . 他本人已变成一个严肃的老家伙。
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A grim and unsightly picture met his eye . 一幅可怕和难看的情景映入他的眼帘。
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To this grim tale i now turn . 我现在就掉过笔去,叙述一下这一冷酷无情的事件。
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The trade signs were all grim illustrations of want . 商标全是贫穷凄惨的图画。
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Her face, however, was strained and grim . 只是她的脸显得有点不自然,有点冷漠。
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British justice of the time was grim and unflinching . 英国当时的法律是严酷的。