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。
• However, the EU picture was made bleaker by its manufacturers 'fears about employment prospects, with significantly more expecting to cut jobs over the next 12 months than were expecting to hire additional workers.
  不过，制造商对就业前景的担心使欧盟的经济前景变得较为暗淡，预计未来12个月将裁员的欧盟制造商明显多于预期将增聘人手的企业。
• Third, as has been noted, he is concerned with blacker and bleaker problems than Emerson ever.
  第三，前面已经说过，他所关注的问题比爱默生所承认的阴暗得多，凄凉得多。
• 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。
• They say these are our darkest days, and the future looks bleaker than ever.
  他们说，这是我们最黑暗的日子，而未来看起来会更加暗淡。
• 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。
• Besides, other data paint a bleaker picture.
  此外，其它数据也描绘出一种更为黯淡的景象。
• Two sources of confusion are apparent. First, some commentators are conflating asset price deflation with consumer price disinflation. Second, the bleaker and more deflationary forecasts seem to ignore trends in the major developing economies.
  引起混淆的两个来源显而易见：首先，一些评论员把资产价格下跌与消费者价格下跌混为一谈；其次，更黯淡和更强的通缩预期似乎忽略了主要发展中经济体的趋势。
• And with support from China likely to ebb at the same time, the outlook for the single currency is looking even bleaker than it has for some time.
  由于来自中国支持很可能同时减少，欧元的前景与之前的一段时间相比更加暗淡。
• At the conclusion of a two-day meeting in Washington, the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets interest rates, offered a bleaker picture of the US economy than it had at its last gathering two months ago.
  在华盛顿为期两天的会议结束之际，负责制定利率的美联储公开市场委员会（fomc）对美国经济的描述比两月前的上次会议更为黯淡。