grimmer
adj. 严酷的( grim的比较级 ); 严厉的; 阴冷的; 讨厌的
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。
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
If a person or their behaviour is grim, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something.
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。
If you say that something is grim, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing.
Things were pretty grim for a time.
事情一度糟糕透了。
The mood could not have been grimmer.
情绪低落到了极点。
Natalie's face grew longer and grimmer as Berel talked.
班瑞尔说着的时候,娜塔丽的脸色越来越沮丧,越来越难看.
The prospects for the economy grimmer now a week or two ago.
仅仅过了一两周,经济的前景却更加严峻了.
The heady years were, of course, followed by some grimmer ones.
在令人兴奋的岁月之后, 自然是比较黯淡的时期.
Things could yet get a grimmer.
而情况可能还会进一步恶化.