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grim

adjective
/ɡrɪm/
/ɡrɪm/
(comparative grimmer, superlative grimmest)
Idioms
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  1. 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
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    • There 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。
  2. 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。
  3. (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
    • The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.这房子在雨中显得阴郁凄凉。
    • the grim walls of the prison令人抑郁的监狱四壁
  4. [not before noun] (British English, informal) ill生病的;不舒服的
    • I feel grim this morning.我今天早上感到不舒服。
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  5. [not usually before noun] (British English, informal) of very low quality质量低劣;糟糕
    • Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!很遗憾,他们的表现真不怎么样!
  6. 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)
  1. (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。

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