词组 | bleak |
释义 | bleak /bliːk/ adjective without anything to make you feel happy or hopefulnounsa bleak future/prospect/outlook My father lost his job and we faced a bleak future. | The factory and its workers face the bleak prospect of closure. | The outlook is particularly bleak for the construction industry.a bleak picture/impression The report painted a bleak picture of life in this war-torn country.a bleak vision/view Orwell’s book contains a very bleak vision of the future.a bleak place/landscape The landscape is very bleak in winter, when there are no leaves on the trees.a bleak look/smile/expression (=without any hope) She came out of the hospital with a bleak look on her face.bleak despair His mood was one of bleak despair.verbslook/seem bleak The company has lost a lot of money and the future looks bleak for the workforce. | Her life seemed bleak after he died.remain bleak The economic situation remains bleak.adverbspretty bleak (=rather bleak) Things are pretty bleak at the moment.THESAURUS: bleak → depressing |
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