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

• Her son, fortunately, was past childhood when they fell into extreme poverty; had he been younger his future would have been bleaker.
  幸运的是，汉密尔顿女士身陷极度贫困的时候她儿子已经长大，如果他年纪再小一些，那贫困将会对他的未来产生更大的影响。
• So lack of employment now may portend an even bleaker future.
  因此，缺少就业岗位如今可能预示了一个更为暗淡的未来。
• 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。
• The longer-term picture is bleaker still.
  更长期的场景更为惨淡。
• His own nightmares were bleaker.
  他自己曾经做过的噩梦则要比这更为凄惨。
• The picture is bleaker in the case of Greece and Portugal.
  希腊和葡萄牙的前景就要黯淡得多。
• But now that the panic has passed, something less frightening and rather bleaker is beckoning. Welcome to the politics of austerity.
  而现在，这种恐慌已经过去。某种不那么可怕、却更为黯淡的东西正发出召唤欢迎来到节俭型政治时代。
• 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。
• Third, as has been noted, he is concerned with blacker and bleaker problems than Emerson ever.
  第三，前面已经说过，他所关注的问题比爱默生所承认的阴暗得多，凄凉得多。
• Two sources of confusion are apparent. First, some commentators are conflating asset price deflation with consumer price disinflation. Second, the bleaker and more deflationary forecasts seem to ignore trends in the major developing economies.
  引起混淆的两个来源显而易见：首先，一些评论员把资产价格下跌与消费者价格下跌混为一谈；其次，更黯淡和更强的通缩预期似乎忽略了主要发展中经济体的趋势。