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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, the EU picture was made bleaker by its manufacturers 'fears about employment prospects, with significantly more expecting to cut jobs over the next 12 months than were expecting to hire additional workers.
  不过，制造商对就业前景的担心使欧盟的经济前景变得较为暗淡，预计未来12个月将裁员的欧盟制造商明显多于预期将增聘人手的企业。
• 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。
• The state of the euro looks bleaker by the day.
  目前欧元的状况看来是每况愈下。
• 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。