| 词汇 | grimness |
| 释义 | grimness noun[ U ] uk /ˈɡrɪm.nəs/ us /ˈɡrɪm.nəs/ grimnessnoun[U] (WITHOUT HOPE)the feeling or state of having no hope: 严峻，绝望 NBC's reporter noted the grimness of the rescue effort.NBC的记者注意到了救援工作的严峻性。 I make a comment today about the grimness of our outlook.今天我要谈谈我们前景的严峻性。 He was smiling but with such grimness that she began to regret her decision to come. I'm also struck by the grimness in people's faces. 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 grimnessnoun[U] (SERIOUSNESS)seriousness and determination: 严厉，坚定 There was a brisk grimness in the way he spoke. 他说起话来简短严厉。 She noticed the grimness about his mouth.她注意到他说话时的阴冷腔调。 She saw the pinched look around his mouth, the grimness in his eyes. There was a grimness about his words that vaguely unsettled me. 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 grimnessnoun[U] (UGLINESS)the quality of being ugly or unpleasant, or not enjoyable: 狰狞，丑陋，冷酷 an oil town of unrelenting grimness一个冷酷无情的石油小镇 The years had not tamed the wildness, or softened the grimness, of her appearance.岁月并不曾驯服她的野性，也不曾让她那粗糙的外形变得柔和。 Synonyms barrenness bleakness desolation(EMPTINESS) starkness See grim His film traces the evolution of the celebrated Manchester band, while depicting the grimness of Seventies Britain. the grimness of life for the unemployed in the slums The other thing that struck her was the oppressive grimness of his surroundings. 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 grimnessgrimness We shall do no great service to the country by glossing over the grimness either of the facts or the tasks which face us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Revolutions come when people cannot fear the unknown ahead more than the grimness of the known. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must impress on the people the grimness of the task that lies ahead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First let me paint the picture in all its grimness as it stands at the present time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been said that we must alleviate the grimness of the coming winter by performances of this kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But in the grimness of that determination there seems to me to lie a certain danger. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That seems to me to be the problem in all its grimness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They know of all the grimness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we have any philosophy at all, it is that we judge the grimness of the past by the horizons open to our children in the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the very grimness of the places puts them off in many cases, and, what is more, people just do not know about the improved conditions inside the homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no tradition of grimness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Notwithstanding what would now be considered the grimness and severity of the system, the number of the students was large. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. With the bolshevist grimness, everybody who imparts provocational rumours or generates panic, must be expiscated. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On his way to the high school where he teaches, he is unnerved by the grimness and ugliness of industrialisation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their influence has been prodigious; nowadays, with few exceptions, the western exists to remind us of the grimness and loss it once ignored. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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