grim

• The room was grim .
  房间里污秽不堪。
• Natalie's face grew longer and grimmer as berel talked .
  班瑞尔说着的时候，娜塔丽的脸色越来越沮丧，越来越难看。
• In the grimmest circumstances my mother could always find a bit of fun .
  既使在顶愁苦的日子，妈也能有兴致找乐儿。
• The people suddenly become deadly still and faces take on a sudden tight, grim cast .
  一瞬间人们惊呆了，脸突然沉了下来。
• I have seen her so-called paintings ; they are fairly grim , i can tell you !
  我看见过她那所谓的画，一点儿都不好，真的。
• We had barely enough to live on in those grim depression years .
  在经济萧条的那些严酷岁月里，我们的收入只勉强够维持生活。
• Athene's horse stood grim and gaunt and motionless beside the temple wall .
  阿西妮的马凶恶地、吓人地、一动不动地立在庙墙旁边。
• The consequences for developing countries would range from awkward to grim .
  对发展国家将产生的后果是从问题棘手发展为问题严重。
• Poverty looks grim to grown people; still more so to children .
  贫穷在成年人心目中，是可怕的；在孩子们的心目中，那就更加可怕的。
• His mind was now set upon the dollar problem; this was grim indeed .
  他现在把全部心思都用来考虑“美元问题”；这的确是一个困难的问题。