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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。