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

• 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。
• While no one doubts the seriousness of the current economic downturn, the picture for graduate recruitment, though worrying, could be bleaker.
  尽管没人怀疑当前经济低迷的严重程度，毕业生招聘的前景虽然堪忧，却本可以更惨淡些。
• 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。
• 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。
• And without him, the prospects to the already faltering peace process would look even bleaker.
  如果没有阿巴斯，停滞不前的和平进程前景会更加渺茫。
• 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 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。
• While they invariably paint a bleak picture compared with previous generations or advanced countries, the truth could be even bleaker.
  当这个的数据与前几代人或者发达国家相比显得苍白时，事实可能更悲剧。
• Beyond infrastructure, however, the picture is bleaker.
  但除了基础设施之外，前景就比较黯淡了。