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单词 grim
释义

grim

adjective
/ɡrɪm/
/ɡrɪm/
(comparative grimmer, superlative grimmest)
Idioms
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  1. looking or sounding very serious
    • a grim face/look/smile
    • She looked grim.
    • with a look of grim determination on his face
    • He set about the task with grim concentration.
    • grim-faced policemen
    Extra Examples
    • There was a grim smile on her face as she approached.
    • They clung on to the edge of the boat with grim determination.
  2. unpleasant and depressing
    • James had some rather grim news.
    • We face the grim prospect of still higher unemployment.
    • Despite the grim forecast, the number of deaths was slightly down on last year.
    • The outlook is pretty grim.
    • This latest attack is a grim reminder of how vulnerable our airports are to terrorist attack.
    • Booth paints a grim picture of life in the next century.
    • a grim struggle for survival
    • Things are looking grim for workers in the building industry.
    • The accident serves as a grim reminder of what drinking and driving can do.
  3. (of a place or building) not attractive; depressing
    • The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.
    • the grim walls of the prison
  4. [not before noun] (British English, informal) ill
    • I feel grim this morning.
    Topics Illnessc2
  5. [not usually before noun] (British English, informal) of very low quality
    • Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!
  6. Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grim and German grimm.
Idioms
hang/hold on for/like grim death (British English)
(also hang/hold on for dear life North American English, British English)
  1. (informal) to hold somebody/something very tightly or keep something in a very determined way because you are afraid
    • You get a job, then you get a mortgage and then you hang on like grim death to your job to pay off the mortgage.
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