dire中文什么意思

adj.
1.可怕的；悲惨的；不吉利的。
2.迫切的，极端的。
短语和例子
+更多解释...a dire need 迫切的需要。

• dire, dire docks:    恐怖船坞
• be in dire peril:    处于危难之中
• dire bash:    恐怖猛击

例句与用法

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1. It was obvious, and it was dire .
   这是显而易见的，也是悲惨可怕的。
2. There would be dire consequences for the rest of the world .
   对世界其它地区，后果将不堪设想。
3. I see only dire poverty ahead from my feet to the grave .
   面临着我的没有别的，只有可怕的贫困。
4. This task proved deceptively easy in the dire emergency of 1933 .
   在1933年极端紧急状态中，这个任务出乎寻常容易。
5. The people here are reduced to dire poverty because of ( the ) natural disasters .
   这里的人们由于自然灾害而穷不聊生。

英文释义

形容词

1. causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
   同义词：awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
2. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"
   同义词：desperate