grim

adj.

1. 严肃的；坚定的；阴冷的
   looking or sounding very serious
   1. a grim face/look/smile
      严肃的面孔 / 表情；冷笑
   2. She looked grim.
      她表情严肃。
   3. with a look of grim determination on his face
      他脸上带有的坚定不移的神态
   4. grim-faced policemen
      表情严肃的警察
2. 令人不快的；令人沮丧的
   unpleasant and depressing
   1. grim news
      令人沮丧的消息
   2. We face the grim prospect of still higher unemployment.
      我们面临着失业率进一步上升的暗淡前景。
   3. The outlook is pretty grim.
      前景令人甚感忧虑。
   4. Things are looking grim for workers in the building industry.
      对建筑业的工人来说形势看来很不乐观。
3. 无吸引力的；阴森的；凄凉的
   not attractive; depressing
   1. The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.
      这房子在雨中显得阴郁凄凉。
   2. the grim walls of the prison
      令人抑郁的监狱四壁
4. 生病的；不舒服的
   ill/sick
   1. I feel grim this morning.
      我今天早上感到不舒服。
5. 质量低劣；糟糕
   of very low quality
   1. Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!
      很遗憾，他们的演出真不怎么样！

1. ADJ-GRADED 严峻的；令人不快的；让人沮丧的；令人难以接受的
   A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depress ing, and difficult to accept.
   1. They painted a grim picture of growing crime...
      他们描绘了犯罪率上升的严峻情形。
   2. There was further grim economic news yesterday...
      昨天又传来更多令人沮丧的经济消息。
   3. The mood could not have been grimmer.
      情绪低落到了极点。
2. ADJ-GRADED （地方）无吸引力的，阴森的，凄凉的
   A place that is grim is unattractive and depressing in appearance.
   1. The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement.
      这座城市最初可能并不吸引人，但是它有一种生机和活力。
   2. ...the tower blocks on the city's grim edges.
      矗立在荒凉的城市边缘的一幢幢塔楼
3. ADJ-GRADED 严肃的；坚定的；沉重的
   If a person or their behaviour is grim, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something.
   1. She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth...
      她是个沉默寡言、令人畏惧的女人。
   2. Her expression was grim and unpleasant.
      她表情严肃，看上去很不开心。
4. ADJ-GRADED 糟糕的；讨厌的；丑陋的；令人沮丧的
   If you say that something is grim, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing.
   1. Things were pretty grim for a time.
      事情一度糟糕透了。

1. In this grim little episode of recent American history, few people come out well
   在美国近代史上这一小段阴暗时期，很少有人能有好的结果。
2. Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes
   心理测试能够使组织机构避免犯下损失惨重的大错。
3. Prisons like Strangeways, built more than 100 years ago, were intended to look grim and foreboding places.
   诸如斯特兰奇韦斯监狱之类建于100多年前的监狱故意营造出一种阴森、不祥的气氛。
4. They painted a grim picture of growing crime
   他们描绘了犯罪率上升的严峻情形。
5. There was further grim economic news yesterday
   昨天又传来更多令人沮丧的经济消息。
6. The mood could not have been grimmer.
   情绪低落到了极点。
7. The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement.
   这座城市最初可能并不吸引人，但是它有一种生机和活力。
8. She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth
   她是个沉默寡言、令人畏惧的女人。
9. Her expression was grim and unpleasant.
   她表情严肃，看上去很不开心。
10. Things were pretty grim for a time.
    事情一度糟糕透了。
11. The parks and squares looked grim under a mantle of soot and ash.
    在一层烟尘的笼罩之下，公园和广场显得阴沉沉的。
12. The report paints a grim picture of life there
    那则报道把那里的生活描绘得很凄惨。
13. The tower is a relic of grim days when big houses had to be fortified against invaders
    这座塔是那些灰暗岁月的遗迹，那时大房子不得不被加固，以抵御侵略者。
14. The music was grim.
    那音乐很难听。
15. The situation is pregnant with grim possibilities.
    局势十分严峻。
16. The OECD issued a grim forecast for the economies of advanced industrialised countries.
    经合组织发布一份前景暗淡的发达国家经济发展预测报告。
17. But there is one grim exception.
    但是有一个例外，很严峻。
18. It is time we awoke to the grim realities of the economic situation.
    现在是我们认识当前经济状况的严酷现实的时候了。
19. I have reached a grim conclusion.
    我得出了一个残酷的结论。
20. Constant high price level is a grim problem facing the government and residents of our country.
    物价水平居高不下是我国政府和广大居民目前所面临的一个严峻问题。
21. The hunger I had known before this had been no grim, hostile stranger.
    在这以前，我所认得的饥饿，并不是什么绷着脸与我作对的生人。
22. In the face of the grim situation, we have.
    中国经济面临着严峻的局面。
23. The findings of the United Nations Children's Fund make for grim reading.
    联合国儿童基金会的研究发现了这个残酷现像。
24. It also made him aware of the grim reality.
    这也使他意识到现实的冷酷。
25. This is the grim reality of modern football.
    这在现代足球里是一个残酷的事实。
26. Although the threat in modern China has been released in some degree, it still faces a grim situation.
    虽然在现代中国得到了某种程度的缓解，但其面临的形势依然严峻。
27. The crisis left a grim legacy.
    这场危机留下了一份糟糕的遗产。
28. It's a pretty grim picture, especially against the backdrop of inflation, oil prices and global warming.
    形势很严峻，尤其是在通胀、油价和全球变暖的背景下。
29. This is what we will have to face the grim reality.
    这是我们明天必须面对的严峻现实。
30. However, the reality is grim than imagination.
    然而，现实是残酷比想象中。

adj.

hang/hold on for/like grim death

• （害怕得）死死抓住不放，紧紧抓住不松手
  to hold sb/sth very tightly because you are afraid