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

• 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。
• In New York, Chagall's painting became bleaker, reflecting the events of the time, and he produced some of his largest and subsequently more famous paintings.
  在纽约，夏加尔的油画变得色彩黯淡，作品反映当时的种种大事件。他还创作了一些最大的作品，后来又画了一些更加著名的油画。
• 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。
• It is bleaker still when you see how long rape's effects endure.
  当你看到强暴的后遗症是多么根深蒂固，真让人黯然神伤。
• The picture is bleaker in the case of Greece and Portugal.
  希腊和葡萄牙的前景就要黯淡得多。
• But now that the panic has passed, something less frightening and rather bleaker is beckoning. Welcome to the politics of austerity.
  而现在，这种恐慌已经过去。某种不那么可怕、却更为黯淡的东西正发出召唤欢迎来到节俭型政治时代。
• The state of the euro looks bleaker by the day.
  目前欧元的状况看来是每况愈下。
• Growth in real fixed-asset investment is slowing in anticipation of the bleaker external environment, partly reflecting the higher cost of credit.
  由于预期外部环境将更为艰难，实际固定资产投资的增速也在放缓，这在一定程度上是对信贷成本上升的反映。
• 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。
• Beyond infrastructure, however, the picture is bleaker.
  但除了基础设施之外，前景就比较黯淡了。