grim 基本解释
- adj. 冷酷的;糟糕的;残忍的
- n. (Grim)人名;(英、德、俄、捷、匈)格里姆
grim 词态变化
比较级: grimmer;最高级: grimmest;副词: grimly;名词: grimness;
grim 中文词源
grim 严肃的,阴冷的来自PIE*ghrem, 生气的,拟声词,模仿咆哮的声音。
grim 英文词源
- grim
- grim: [OE] Indo-European *ghrem-, *ghromprobably originated in imitation of the sound of rumbling (amongst its descendants was grumins ‘thunder’ in the extinct Baltic language Old Prussian). In Germanic it became *grem-, *gram-, *grum-, which not only produced the adjective *grimmaz (source of German grimm, Swedish grym, and English, Dutch, and Danish grim) and the English verb grumble [16], but was adopted into Spanish as grima ‘fright’, which eventually arrived in English as grimace [17].
=> grimace, grumble - grim (adj.)
- Old English grimm "fierce, cruel, savage; severe, dire, painful," from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German, German grimm "grim, angry, fierce," Old Norse grimmr "stern, horrible, dire," Swedish grym "fierce, furious"), from PIE *ghrem- "angry," perhaps imitative of the sound of rumbling thunder (compare Greek khremizein "to neigh," Old Church Slavonic vuzgrimeti "to thunder," Russian gremet' "thunder").
A weaker word now than it once was; sense of "dreary, gloomy" first recorded late 12c. It also had a verb form in Old English, grimman (class III strong verb; past tense gramm, past participle grummen), and a noun, grima "goblin, specter," perhaps also a proper name or attribute-name of a god, hence its appearance as an element in place names.
Grim reaper as a figurative phrase for "death" is attested by 1847 (the association of grim and death goes back at least to 17c.). A Middle English expression for "have recourse to harsh measures" was to wend the grim tooth (early 13c.). - grim (n.)
- "spectre, bogey, haunting spirit," 1620s, from grim (adj.).
grim 词组搭配
like (或 for) grim death
with great determination
坚韧不拔地
we had to hold on like grim death.
我们必须顽强地坚持下去。
grim 英文释义
- 1. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
- "grim determination"
- "grim necessity"
- "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"
- "relentless persecution"
- "the stern demands of parenthood"
- 2. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
- "ghastly wounds"
- "the grim aftermath of the bombing"
- "the grim task of burying the victims"
- "a grisly murder"
- "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"
- "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"
- "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
- 3. harshly ironic or sinister;
- "black humor"
- "a grim joke"
- "grim laughter"
- "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
- 4. causing dejection;
- "a blue day"
- "the dark days of the war"
- "a week of rainy depressing weather"
- "a disconsolate winter landscape"
- "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
- "a dark gloomy day"
- "grim rainy weather"
- 5. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;
- "a dour, self-sacrificing life"
- "a forbidding scowl"
- "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"
- "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
- 6. characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom;
- "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
- "gloomy predictions"
- "a gloomy silence"
- "took a grim view of the economy"
- "the darkening mood"
grim 双语例句
- 1. Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes.
- 心理测试能够使组织机构避免犯下损失惨重的大错。
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- 2. She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth.
- 她是个沉默寡言、令人畏惧的女人。
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- 3. The report paints a grim picture of life there.
- 那则报道把那里的生活描绘得很凄惨。
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- 4. Things were pretty grim for a time.
- 事情一度糟糕透了。
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- 5. The committee walked out, grim-faced and shocked.
- 全体委员走了出去,脸色凝重,大为震惊。
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grim 实用场景例句
- grimly determined
- 坚定不移
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- ‘It won't be easy, ’ he said grimly.
- “那不会很容易。”他严肃地说。
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- Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!
- 很遗憾,他们的演出真不怎么样!
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- I feel grim this morning.
- 我今天早上感到不舒服。
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- the grim walls of the prison
- 令人抑郁的监狱四壁
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- The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.
- 这房子在雨中显得阴郁凄凉。
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- Things are looking grim for workers in the building industry.
- 对建筑业的工人来说形势看来很不乐观。
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- The outlook is pretty grim.
- 前景令人甚感忧虑。
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- We face the grim prospect of still higher unemployment.
- 我们面临着失业率进一步上升的暗淡前景。
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- grim news
- 令人沮丧的消息
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- grim-faced policemen
- 表情严肃的警察
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- with a look of grim determination on his face
- 他脸上带有的坚定不移的神态
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- She looked grim.
- 她表情严肃。
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- a grim face/look/smile
- 严肃的面孔 / 表情;冷笑
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- Things were pretty grim for a time.
- 事情一度糟糕透了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her expression was grim and unpleasant.
- 她表情严肃,看上去很不开心。
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- She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth...
- 她是个沉默寡言、令人畏惧的女人。
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- ...the tower blocks on the city's grim edges.
- 矗立在荒凉的城市边缘的一幢幢塔楼
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- The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement.
- 这座城市最初可能并不吸引人,但是它有一种生机和活力。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There was further grim economic news yesterday...
- 昨天又传来更多令人沮丧的经济消息。
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- They painted a grim picture of growing crime...
- 他们描绘了犯罪率上升的严峻情形。
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