grimly
adv. 可怕地; 嚴肅地; 堅強地; 討厭地
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...
他們描繪了犯罪率上升的嚴峻情形。
There was further grim economic news yesterday...
昨天又傳來更多令人沮喪的經濟訊息。
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.
這座城市最初可能並不吸引人,但是它有一種生機和活力。
...the tower blocks on the city's grim edges.
矗立在荒涼的城市邊緣的一幢幢塔樓
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...
她是個沉默寡言、令人畏懼的女人。
Her expression was grim and unpleasant.
她表情嚴肅,看上去很不開心。
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。
1. in a grim implacable manner;
"It's too late now to stop him," Harris said grimly.
“現在阻止他已經太晚了,”哈里斯嚴肅地說道。
Instead, she set her jaw grimly and waited in silence.
相反,她一臉嚴肅,面部緊繃,一聲不吭地等著。
" We failed, " he announced grimly.
“ 我們失敗了 ”,他嚴肅地宣佈道.
His voice was grimly determined.
他語氣非常堅決.
"The car, Annie," said Max rather grimly.— 'So okay. the car. What about it.'
“安妮,那輛車,”馬克斯頗為嚴厲地說。——“那麼好吧,就說說那輛車。它是怎麼回事?”