bleaker

英 [ˈbliːkə]

美 [ˈblikər]

adj.  不乐观的; 无望的; 暗淡的; 阴冷的; 无遮掩的; 荒凉的; 索然无味的
bleak的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （情形）没有希望的，前景暗淡的
  If a situation isbleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
  1. The immediate outlook remains bleak...
     近期前景依然暗淡。
  2. Many predicted a bleak future.
     很多人都预测前景暗淡。
• ADJ-GRADED （地方）凄清的，荒凉的，萧瑟的
  If you describe a place asbleak, you mean that it looks cold, empty, and unattractive.
  1. The island's pretty bleak.
     这座岛屿一片荒凉。
  2. ...bleak inner-city streets.
     凄清的旧城区街道
• ADJ-GRADED （天气）阴冷的，寒冷的
  When the weather isbleak, it is cold, dull, and unpleasant.
  1. The weather can be quite bleak on the coast.
     沿海地区的天气会非常阴冷。
• ADJ-GRADED （人）无精打采的，沮丧的，阴郁的
  If someone looks or soundsbleak, they look or sound depressed, as if they have no hope or energy.
  1. His face was bleak...
     他脸色阴郁。
  2. Alberg gave him a bleak stare.
     阿尔伯格沮丧地凝视着他。

双语例句

• The rapid pace of the deterioration raised fears that the final three months of this year and early 2009 would be even bleaker, with effects of the recent near-collapse of the banking system still to hit.
  经济快速恶化使得人们担忧，随着近期银行体系接近崩溃带来的冲击逐渐显现，今年末季和2009年初将更加黯淡。
• In New York, Chagall's painting became bleaker, reflecting the events of the time, and he produced some of his largest and subsequently more famous paintings.
  在纽约，夏加尔的油画变得色彩黯淡，作品反映当时的种种大事件。他还创作了一些最大的作品，后来又画了一些更加著名的油画。
• His own nightmares were bleaker.
  他自己曾经做过的噩梦则要比这更为凄惨。
• But that only replaces genetic determinism with social determinism, which to my mind is even bleaker.
  但这只不过是用社会决定论取代了基因决定论，依我之见，社会决定论甚至更悲观。
• The longer-term picture is bleaker still.
  更长期的场景更为惨淡。
• And with support from China likely to ebb at the same time, the outlook for the single currency is looking even bleaker than it has for some time.
  由于来自中国支持很可能同时减少，欧元的前景与之前的一段时间相比更加暗淡。
• But the very factors that benefit people with jobs higher productivity and sticky wages make prospects bleaker for those without them.
  但是正是使得有工作的人收益的因素高效率和刚性工资使得失业者的前景更加暗淡。
• But the picture could be far bleaker if supply interruptions persist or intensify.
  但是如果炼油厂的中断继续下去或者规模扩大，那么前景就更加渺茫。
• The escalation of the eurozone debt crisis late last year had made the growth outlook for countries such as Greece, Italy and Spain significantly bleaker, the Commission warned.
  欧盟委员会警告称，欧元区债务危机去年年末升级使得希腊、意大利和西班牙等国的增长前景大幅恶化。
• At the conclusion of a two-day meeting in Washington, the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets interest rates, offered a bleaker picture of the US economy than it had at its last gathering two months ago.
  在华盛顿为期两天的会议结束之际，负责制定利率的美联储公开市场委员会（fomc）对美国经济的描述比两月前的上次会议更为黯淡。