英 [ɡrɪm] 美 [ɡrɪm]
adj. 严肃的，坚定的；令人不快的，令人沮丧的；阴森的，凄凉的；<非正式>生病的；<英，非正式>质量低劣，糟糕；（地方）简陋的
【名】 （Grim）（英、德、俄、捷、匈）格里姆（人名）
比较级grimmer或more grim
最高级grimmest或most grim
grim /ɡrɪm/ CET6 TEM4 [ grimmer grimmest ]
形容词 A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept. 严酷的; 令人沮丧的
They painted a grim picture of growing crime.
他们描绘了一个犯罪增长的严酷局面。
There was further grim economic news yesterday.
昨天有更令人沮丧的经济新闻。
形容词 A place that is grim is unattractive and depressing in appearance. (地方) 阴沉的
The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement.
这个城市也许一开始沉闷，但它有一种活力和激情。
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
grim determination ; grim necessity
同义词： inexorable / relentless / stern / unappeasable / unforgiving / unrelenting
causing dejection
grim rainy weather
同义词： blue / dark / depressing / dingy / disconsolate / dismal / dispiriting / gloomy / sorry / drab / drear / dreary
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
a grim man loving duty more than humanity ; undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw
同义词： dour / forbidding
冷酷-引用次数：1
参考来源先锋作家“文革”书写论
... grim 冷酷的 drone 懒汉，懒洋洋的人 shuffle 反复挪动，乱翻，洗(纸牌) ...
... brim（圆形物体的）边缘 grim 恐怖的 严厉的 prim 端庄的整洁的，呆板的 ...
hypermarket 大型超级市场，特级市场 hyperbole“（修辞中的）夸张法，夸张的语句”，hypotheses“hypothesis的 grim 严酷的，冷酷的，残忍的；可怕的，讨厌的；坚强的 flock v. 聚集，聚结 n.
grimly 可怕地；冷酷地；严格地
They painted a grim picture of growing crime.
他们描绘了一个犯罪增长的严酷局面。
The outlook is pretty grim.
前景令人甚感忧虑。
I feel grim this morning.
我今天早上感到不舒服。
"The fact is the situation is grim,". "The fact is that the Taliban have made enormous inroads into the country.
VOA : standard.2009.05.05
Now, he describes in pretty harsh and even grim terms what you can do to people who violate the law of nature.
他用很强硬甚至可怕的字眼描述,你可以怎样对待违反自然法的人。
公正课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
You could see the kind of grim refusal to apologize for "boughten friendship," as a kind of, well, as a kind of apology for his own popular success.
你可以看到他无情地拒绝了,为“买来的友谊“道歉“,就像为他自己当红的成功,道歉一样。
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The U.N.Secretary General says the facts are "grim" in Haiti, after a 7.0 earthquake rocked the Caribbean nation Tuesday.
VOA : standard.2010.01.14
And that is only part of the grim news that was delivered by the European Commission - the bloc's executive arm.
VOA : standard.2009.05.04
Indeed, Salem goes out of its way to celebrate its rather grim history at Halloween.
The road to Bowen School cuts across dusty fields and through grim industrial zones in southeast Beijing.
The TV ads reveal what the tease has been for, in pretty grim style.