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

• 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。
• But this year, in a sign of the impact of the global economic downturn, they are facing a bleaker scenario.
  但今年，由于全球经济低迷的影响，他们正面临着较为黯淡的前景。
• But the picture could be far bleaker if supply interruptions persist or intensify.
  但是如果炼油厂的中断继续下去或者规模扩大，那么前景就更加渺茫。
• 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。
• His own nightmares were bleaker.
  他自己曾经做过的噩梦则要比这更为凄惨。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the very factors that benefit people with jobs higher productivity and sticky wages make prospects bleaker for those without them.
  但是正是使得有工作的人收益的因素高效率和刚性工资使得失业者的前景更加暗淡。
• The rapid pace of the deterioration raised fears that the final three months of this year and early 2009 would be even bleaker, with effects of the recent near-collapse of the banking system still to hit.
  经济快速恶化使得人们担忧，随着近期银行体系接近崩溃带来的冲击逐渐显现，今年末季和2009年初将更加黯淡。