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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The state of the euro looks bleaker by the day.
  目前欧元的状况看来是每况愈下。
• 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。
• Growth in real fixed-asset investment is slowing in anticipation of the bleaker external environment, partly reflecting the higher cost of credit.
  由于预期外部环境将更为艰难，实际固定资产投资的增速也在放缓，这在一定程度上是对信贷成本上升的反映。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。