bleak

bleak1
adjective
  1. (of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements
    （地区，土地）荒凉的，裸露的，光秃秃的
    a bleak and barren moor.
    荒凉而贫瘠的泥炭地。
    ■(of a building or room) charmless and inhospitable; dreary
    （建筑物，房间）索然乏味的；不宜居住的；凄凉的
    he looked round the bleak little room in despair.
    他绝望地环顾这冷清的小房间。
    ■(of the weather) cold and miserable
    （天气）寒冷的，凄凉的
    a bleak midwinter's day.
    仲冬的一个寒冷日子。
    ■(of a situation or future prospect) not hopeful or encouraging; unlikely to have a favourable outcome
    （形势，前景）无望的，令人心灰意冷的；黯淡的
    he paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way.
    他描绘了一个迷失了方向的公司，认为它前景黯淡。
    the future looks bleak.
    前途黯淡。
    ■(of a person or a person's expression) cold and forbidding
    （人或其表情）冷漠的，冷峻的
    his mouth was set and his eyes were bleak.
    他嘴巴紧闭，目光冷峻。
派生
bleakly
adverb
bleakness
noun
语源
  1. Old English blāc 'shining, white', or in later use from synonymous Old Norse bleikr; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bleach
bleak2
noun
  1. a small silvery shoaling fish of the carp family, found in Eurasian rivers
    欧鲌
  2. Genera Alburnus and Chalcalburnus, family Cyprinidae: several species, in particular A. alburnus
    鲌属及卡拉白属，鲤科： 数种，尤指真鲌
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: from Old Norse bleikja
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