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词汇 grimly
释义 grimly
adverb
uk /ˈɡrɪm.li/ us /ˈɡrɪm.li/

grimlyadverb (WITHOUT HOPE)


in a way that is without hope: 绝望地;失去希望地
Companies grimly hang on to markets at negligible profit margins, and finally give up.企业绝望地以微不足道的利润紧紧抓住市场不放,最终放弃了。
His assessment of the war is grimly pessimistic.他对战争的评价是绝望悲观的。
He is grimly realistic about the parks' finances.
A Californian grimly observed, "There's no such thing as truth anymore."
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not hopeful
a road to nowhereidiom
be in a funkidiom
be on a hiding to nothingidiom
be on the road to nowhereidiom
bleakly
bleakness
dispiritedly
dispiritedness
dispiritingly
doom and gloom
doomed
downcast
hope
hopeless
hopelessly
hopelessness
lose heartidiom
undone
unhopeful
what are you going to do?idiom

grimlyadverb (SERIOUSLY)


in a worried, serious, or sad way: 忧虑地,严厉地,忧伤地
She stared grimly ahead.她冷峻地注视着前方。
"We have to get those windows open," I announced grimly to my husband.“得想办法把这些窗子打开,” 我严厉地吩咐我丈夫。
I looked around at the grimly determined faces of the passengers.
He nodded grimly and left the room.
She closed her eyes grimly and pointed at the table.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Anxious and worried
(all) hot and botheredidiom
aflutter
agitated
angsty
anxious
fretfully
frightened
fuss
get in a sweatidiom
goosey
preoccupied
prey
prey on sb's mindidiom
prey on something
queasily
worried
worriedly
worrier
worrywart
wound up

grimlyadverb (UNPLEASANTLY)


in an ugly or unpleasant way: 冷酷的;令人难以接受的
As with the grimly authentic portrait of life in urban Britain that emerges, it's hardly pretty.正如英国城市生活的真实写照,它是不堪入目的。
The film begins grimly with dead bodies floating in the murky Thames.这部电影以悲惨情景开场--阴暗的泰晤士河中漂浮着尸体。
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grim
The images of corpses and twisted, charred metal, were grimly familiar.
a grimly authentic account of an alcoholic writer wrestling with his addiction
He was the author of a series of grimly realistic novels about life in the 1930s.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Serious and unpleasant
abominable
abominably
abysmal
abysmally
apocalyptic
fraught
frightful
from hellidiom
fun
ghastliness
noxiously
objectionable
objectionably
odious
odiously
unpleasantness
unpretty
unspeakable
unspeakably
unsupportable

Examples of grimly


grimly
To their profound dismay, they found themselves confronted by a waning empire grimly determined to strike back and retake one of its last colonies.
In 'the tearing, the burning', harps, crotales and glockenspiel manufactured a grimly automated, clockwork sound.
Idle now, they have tightened their belts and settled down grimly to hang on, still hoping.
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However, one reads rather grimly the reference to the mining population.
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We were trying to avert in 1947 the situation which we had seen so grotesquely and so grimly in 1929.
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I look back grimly, but the difficulties to some extent have been increased.
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The feeling started wearing off in the 1930s, but even in 1939 we went to war grimly, not joyously.
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Negotiations have consistently been blocked by the leadership of one union, which talks grimly of keeping the disruption going until the next election.
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I assume that part of the time at the young people's colleges will be devoted to what is rather grimly called education for citizenship.
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But even if they are exaggerated by one-half or by one-third, the situation remains grimly serious.
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It clings on to the land grimly, only releasing a little here or there to balance its finances.
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Management and men have grimly carried on with absolute efficiency, with absolute loyalty, the day-to-day production in spite of uncertainty and frustration.
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If so, they must listen to our debates at times sadly and grimly.
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We should sombrely and grimly face that fact if the further safety of nations both large and small is to be assured.
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We are all of us grimly aware of the dangers around us.
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