| 词汇 | bleakness |
| 释义 | bleakness noun[ U ] uk /ˈbliːk.nəs/ us /ˈbliːk.nəs/ the quality of being cold, unpleasant and not welcoming or attractive: 荒凉;凄凉 Emily Brontë immortalized the bleakness of the Yorkshire Moors. 艾米莉·勃朗特将约克郡荒野的荒凉景象不朽化。 The scene has the usual bleakness of an airport panorama.这个场景具有机场全景图一般的苍凉感。 Synonyms barrenness desolation(EMPTINESS) grimness(UGLINESS) starkness the quality of offering little or no hope for the future: （境况）惨淡，无希望 The bleakness of prison life led him to halt all legal appeals.监狱生活的绝望使他停止了所有的法律上诉。 Despite the novel's bleakness, it would be a mistake not to read it. 尽管这部小说很凄凉，但不读却是个错误。 See bleak A solitary wire of Christmas lights strung across the ceiling only adds to the overall bleakness. We had been warned about the bleakness of the place before we visited. There is a bleakness of life that goes with depression. He rarely mentioned to anyone the bleakness of his childhood. Describing bad weather bleakly broke depression dreich fickle fickleness greyly hostile inclement murk murky rough sock sock something/someone in (with sb) sunless threatening treacherously unflyable ungenial unseasonable You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not attractive to look at Not hopeful Examples of bleaknessbleakness Even more schematic from a dramatic point of view, indeed banal, would be a mapping of this opposition on to one between harmoniousness and bleakness. Since everything interesting lies in between, one can imagine the bleakness of paralogics. He argues that at times carers are incapable of facing the bleakness of the future for their relatives, and they resort to providing care which effectively dehumanises that individual. The second factor which may ameliorate the bleakness of poverty in old age, particularly for women, concerns changes in the labour market especially in 'women's occupations'. It's crucial that while such plays might contain shocking scenes, the really disturbing thing about them is the bleakness, nihilism, or despair of the emotions of their characters. If people do not have any training, the future into which we are going is a future of almost total bleakness for the unskilled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot take much comfort from that, because it has simply allowed the humanitarian problem to emerge in all its bleakness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from the emotional associations, there are the general architecture and bleakness of these places which make a person fear their ultimate freedom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may not save money but it would provide a better environment than the bleakness of even the most caring hospital ward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The question that must be posed, in all its bleakness and harshness, is which majority and whose consent? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A perpetual bleakness has been removed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am reminded by the environment and the communities there of the bleakness of life and the deprivation that exists in the places covered by my short journey. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was, however, also attacked in some quarters for its supposed bleakness and unrelenting tone. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The atmosphere of bleakness is reinforced by the random figures in the upper ground that scramble for a better view. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other footages from 1995 also displayed scenes of similar dreariness, using winters natural bleakness to exacerbate the severity of the scenes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of bleakness These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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