dire是什么意思？

dire

英[ˈdaɪə(r)] 美[daɪr]

• adj. 可怕的，恐怖的，悲惨的，迫切的，极端的；

例句

• Now that father’s lost his job,we’re in dire straits. 父亲失业了,我们陷入了极大的困境。
• Now that father's lost his job, we're in dire straits. 父亲失业了, 我们陷入了极大的困境。
• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV. 曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• a dire calamity 可怕的灾难
• They deprived a large number of the overseas Chinese of their means of livelihood and drove them out of their residences in dire poverty. 他们剥夺了大批华侨劳动人民的生活资料,然后将他们扫地出门.
• The company is in dire straits. 公司处于极度困难的境地.
• E chi si mette in mezzo, a dire poco e mezzo matto! 什么事情都要斗来斗去,就象狗和猫.
• For some Javanese attacks placed Palembang in dire peril. 人的进攻,看来已使巴邻旁处于极度危险之中.
• For some years the Javanese attacks placed Palembang in dire peril. 在几年内爪哇人的进攻,看来已使巴邻旁处于极度危险之中.
• living in dire poverty 生活赤贫

同义词

• adj.
  dire的同义词之：可怕的;悲惨的
  disastrous, wretched, dreadful, black, horrible, awful, terrible, tragic, bad,
• dire的同义词之：其他释义
  wretched, alarming, fearful, burning, bad, tragic, black, violent, dreadful, terrible, awful, afflictive, disastrous, horrible, frightful,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  严峻的;严重的;可怕的
  Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is.
  例句
  A government split would have dire consequences for domestic peace... 政府的分裂将会给国内和平带来严重后果。 He was in dire need of hospital treatment. 他急需入院治疗。
• ADJ-GRADED
  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.
  例句
  ...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。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  可怕的, 恐怖的
  a dire calamity 可怕的灾难 The company is in dire straits. 公司处于极度困难的境地。 There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV. 曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. 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"
  2. 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"