bleak
adjective/bliːk/
/bliːk/
(comparative bleaker, superlative bleakest)
- (of a situation) not giving any reason to have hope or expect anything good
暗淡的；没希望的 - a bleak outlook/prospect
暗淡的前景／前途 - The future looks bleak for the fishing industry.
渔业前景暗淡。 - The medical prognosis was bleak.
医疗预后不良。 - They faced a financially bleak Christmas.
他们面临着财政惨淡的圣诞节。 - Prospects for the industry are extremely bleak.
这个行业的前途极其暗淡。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- a bleak outlook/prospect
- (of the weather) cold and unpleasant
阴冷的 - a bleak winter’s day
一个阴冷的冬日
- a bleak winter’s day
- (of a place) exposed, empty, or with no pleasant features
无遮掩的；荒凉的；索然无味的 - a bleak landscape/hillside/moor
荒芜的景色／山坡／野地 - bleak concrete housing
索然乏味的混凝土住宅
Extra Examples- The landscape looked bleak and desolate in the rain.
景貌在雨中看起来荒芜凄凉。 - The report paints an unnecessarily bleak picture of the town.
报告把这个镇子描绘得过于惨淡。 - Clouds rolled in and the lake took on a bleak and sombre appearance.
乌云滚滚，湖面呈现出一片萧瑟、阴沉的景象。 - It was a small bleak town near the main highway.
那是主干道附近一个萧索的小镇。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- very
- rather
- a bleak landscape/hillside/moor
Word OriginOld English blāc ‘shining, white’, or in later use from synonymous Old Norse bleikr; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bleach.