bleak

UK:  [bliːk]

US:  [blik]

比较级：bleaker  最高级：bleakest  

n.

1.鲤科小鱼

2.【鱼类】(淡水产)银鲤

adj.

1.荒凉的,凄凉的,萧瑟的;阴冷的,寒冷的

2.苍白的;暗淡的;惨淡的,悲哀的

3.阴冷,阴森(森)的

4.苍白的;凄凉的

5.冷淡的

6.风吹雨打的,无遮蔽的

7.不妙的;颓丧,令人丧气的

8.寒酸的

9.极微

10.不生长植物的

1 . Life is like the stars in the sky: sometimes Starryland bleak, sometimes high spirits. Life sometimes is like a journey.
人生如空中的繁星：有时星途暗淡，有时神采飞扬。人生有时就像一场旅行。

2 . The rise seems to show that people who dropped out of the labour market when prospects looked bleak are now willing to rejoin it.
这一增长似乎说明因认为前途无望而退出劳动力市场的人现在又开始重新进入了。

3 . It describes the fire smoldering in the hearth, mysteriously seeming to suck every bit of warmth out of the bleak, dank room.
壁炉中的火在闷烧，诡秘地似乎要将这惨淡而阴冷的房间里的每一丝温暖都吸走。

4 . If things are really bleak, reduce the number of hours everyone works by closing the office one day a week.
如果公司的形势真的很糟糕，那么你可以通过每周多放一天假来减少员工工作时间。

5 . As if all of the above weren't bleak enough, on top of that we have the very real possibility that the dollar will crash.
以上的事情看起来并不太让人太绝望，不过更重要的是我们面临着美元崩溃的现实威胁。