grimmer
adj. 嚴酷的( grim的比較級 ); 嚴厲的; 陰冷的; 討厭的
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。
The mood could not have been grimmer.
情緒低落到了極點。
Natalie's face grew longer and grimmer as Berel talked.
班瑞爾說著的時候,娜塔麗的臉色越來越沮喪,越來越難看.
The prospects for the economy grimmer now a week or two ago.
僅僅過了一兩週,經濟的前景卻更加嚴峻了.
The heady years were, of course, followed by some grimmer ones.
在令人興奮的歲月之後, 自然是比較黯淡的時期.
Things could yet get a grimmer.
而情況可能還會進一步惡化.