looking or sounding very serious 严肃的；坚定的；阴冷的 a grim face/look/smile 严肃的面孔／表情；冷笑 She looked grim. 她表情严肃。 with a look of grim determination on his face 他脸上带有的坚定不移的神态 He set about the task with grim concentration. 他全神贯注地着手这项任务。 grim-faced policemen 表情严肃的警察
Extra ExamplesThere was a grim smile on her face as she approached. 当她走近时，脸上露出一丝冷酷的微笑。 They clung on to the edge of the boat with grim determination. 他们抱着坚定不移的决心紧紧抓住船的边缘。
unpleasant and depressing 令人不快的；令人沮丧的 James had some rather grim news. 詹姆斯有一些相当可怕的消息。 We face the grim prospect of still higher unemployment. 我们面临着失业率进一步上升的暗淡前景。 Despite the grim forecast, the number of deaths was slightly down on last year. 尽管预测严峻，死亡人数还是比去年略有下降。 The outlook is pretty grim. 前景令人甚感忧虑。 This latest attack is a grim reminder of how vulnerable our airports are to terrorist attack. 最近的这次袭击严酷地提醒我们，我们的机场很容易受到恐怖袭击。 Booth paints a grim picture of life in the next century. 布斯描绘了下一个世纪的严峻生活。 a grim struggle for survival 无情的生存竞争 Things are looking grim for workers in the building industry. 对建筑业的工人来说，形势看来很不乐观。 The accident serves as a grim reminder of what drinking and driving can do. 这起事故无情地提醒了我们酒后驾车会导致什么样的后果。
(of a place or building 地方或建筑物 not attractive; depressing 无吸引力的；阴森的；凄凉的 - [not before noun] (British English, informal)
ill 生病的；不舒服的 - [not usually before noun] (British English, informal)
of very low quality 质量低劣；糟糕
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grim and German grimm.
Idioms
hang/hold on for/like grim death (British English)
(also hang/hold on for dear life North American English, British English)
- (informal)
to hold somebody/something very tightly or keep something in a very determined way because you are afraid （害怕得）死死抓住不放，紧紧抓住不松手 You get a job, then you get a mortgage and then you hang on like grim death to your job to pay off the mortgage. 你得到了一份工作，然后你得到了一笔抵押贷款，然后你拼命保住你的工作来偿还抵押贷款。