(of a situation 状况 not giving any reason to have hope or expect anything good 不乐观的；无望的；暗淡的 a bleak outlook/prospect 暗淡的前景／前途 The future looks bleak for the fishing industry. 渔业前景暗淡。 The medical prognosis was bleak. 医疗预后不良。 They faced a financially bleak Christmas. 他们面临着经济萧条的圣诞节。 Prospects for the industry are extremely bleak. 这个行业的前途极其暗淡。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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(of the weather 天气 cold and unpleasant 阴冷的 a bleak winter’s day 一个阴冷的冬日
(of a place 地方 exposed, empty, or with no pleasant features 无遮掩的；荒凉的；索然无味的 a bleak landscape/hillside/moor 荒芜的景色／山坡／野地 bleak concrete housing 索然乏味的混凝土住宅
Extra ExamplesThe landscape looked bleak and desolate in the rain. 景貌在雨中看起来荒芜凄凉。 The report paints an unnecessarily bleak picture of the town. 报告把这个镇子描绘得过于惨淡。 Clouds rolled in and the lake took on a bleak and sombre appearance. 乌云滚滚而来，湖面呈现出一片暗淡的景象。 It was a small bleak town near the main highway. 那是主干道附近一个萧索的小镇。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- very
- rather
Word OriginOld English blāc ‘shining, white’, or in later use from synonymous Old Norse bleikr; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bleach.