grimness
n. 嚴格,嚴峻,冷酷
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. the quality of being ghastly
2. something hard to endure;
Her sister carried with her most of the grimness of shift and toil.
她姐姐身上還帶著艱辛操勞的痕跡.