1 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 严峻的;严重的;可怕的 Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is. 严峻的;严重的;可怕的 [emphasis]
2 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] 极其糟糕的;质量低劣的 If you describe something as dire, you are emphasizing that it is of very low quality. 极其糟糕的;质量低劣的 [informal, emphasis]
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...a book of children's verse, which ranged from the barely tolerable to the utterly dire.
一本儿童诗歌集,其中有的能勉强接受,而有的简直是糟透了。
SYN terrible, awful, appalling, dreadful
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