dire

释义

adj.

极其严重的；危急的；极糟的；极差的

网络

可怕的；悲惨的；极端的

词形变化

比较级：direr 最高级：direst

常用短语 2 组

in dire need of

adv. 急需

dire straits

恐怖海峡（英国一乐队）

在例句中理解 33 句

1. "Although we live bathed in a sea of background radiation, people treat any increment as a dire risk, " he said by email.

   “虽然我们生活在一个充满辐射的世界，但人们把任何辐射的增加当成致命的危险，”他通过电子邮件说到。

2. Germany, where service in shops is often dire, has been particularly obdurate.

   德国商店的服务往往是可怕的，尤其是冷酷无情。

3. There was no better time to test for ethical conduct than during such a dire economic crisis and the scramble to survive.

   在如此严重的经济危机与力求生存之际，正是测试个人职业道德的最佳时机。更详细。

4. But given the dire quality of the loans, the AMCs were never going to be able to repay the interest on the bonds, let along the principal.

   不过考虑到这些贷款糟糕的质量，资产管理公司或许永远也无法偿还这些债券的利益，更别说本金了。

5. Dehydration, which weakens the body and makes you feel heavy, is one of the dire effects of a hangover.

   宿醉后感觉身体虚弱，并且沉重，主要是因为脱水。

6. No doubt you will hear some tell you that journalism is in dire shape, and the triumph of digital is to blame.

   毫无疑问，你们会听到一些人说，新闻业岌岌可危，而这要归因于数字化的进攻。

7. Despite scientific critics of the Club of Rome's methods, the public was ready to believe the dire forecast.

   尽管有对罗马俱乐部研究方法的科学批评，但是公众仍然准备相信这个可怕的预言。

8. "So as you look out over the next few quarters, it's a potentially very dire situation for the overall industry. "

   “所以如果你留意接下来几个季度，整个银行业出现可怕的情形是有可能的。”

9. ANGELA CORNELL: "Just imagine how dire the working conditions would have had to be for those workers to sacrifice their lives. "

   试想一下工作条件要有多糟糕，这些工人才会放弃自己的生命。

10. Despite the fact that she is already in dire economic situation, her love for life compelled her to take them in.

    虽然她自己的情况一直很紧张，但是她有不得不让她自己对生命的爱惜牵动着她。

11. In return for the potion, I shall tell you the story of what I did last night to put me in such dire need of said.

    为了报答你送我魔药（的好意），我会跟你说说我昨晚做了些什么让我此刻非得对你倾吐不可的事儿。

12. When the money runs out, a severe famine hits the country and the son finds himself in dire circumstances.

    当钱用完了，严重的饥荒打国家和儿子发现自己在严峻的形势。

13. But just a month ago, when the debt crisis seemed somehow less dire and more easily resolved, official Chinese anxiety was more palpable.

    但仅仅在一个月以前，当债务危机看起来还不那么严峻且更容易解决的时候，中国官方的焦虑却更明显。

14. These are the times we prepared you for, so to enable you to be of the utmost help for your brothers and sisters in dire straits.

    这些是我们让你们准备的时刻，如此以让你们能够成为你们那些处于艰难困苦中的兄弟姐妹们的最大帮助。

15. Yet despite the anger, the economic consequences of expensive fuel might not be as dire as is often assumed.

    然后尽管愤怒，昂贵燃油价格带来的经济结果可能未必像大家想的那样糟糕。

16. I should add that it is possible a friend will be in dire straits, and you may be moved to help by writing her a check.

    我要补充，这是可能的一个朋友将在水深火热之中，并且您可能会被转移到帮助她写一张支票。

17. There, he quickly learned the dire national debt problems Japan faced and began to earn the reputation as an advocate for curbing debt.

    正是在这里，野田佳彦很快意识到日本面临的岌岌可危的国家债务问题，也开始赢得了支持抑制债务的美誉。

18. I could not believe that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire consequences.

    我不能相信这样一个简单的错误将会造成这样可怕的后果。

19. It always seems to be dire when we're in the middle of it but, like every economic movement, it will change.

    它似乎总是可怕的当我们在中间，但它像所有的经济活动，它将会改变。

20. The Kuomintang tried to strangle us by cutting off the funds due to us and imposing an economic blockade; we were indeed in dire straits.

    国民党用停发经费和经济封锁来对待我们，企图把我们困死，我们的困难真是大极了。

21. That said, the situation Chelsea were in when Abramovich arrived was dire and he turned it around.

    也就是说，切尔西现在遇到的困难局面是阿布造成的，是他使球队陷入困境。

22. There is no doubt that oil at $200 would have dire consequences, both for Chinese exporters and for other firms.

    无疑200美元的石油价格将会对中国的出口企业和其他的企业产生可怕的影响。

23. Mr. Obama acknowledged the increasingly dire nature of the situation in an interview on NBC's Meet The Press program.

    在全国广播公司“会见新闻界”的访谈节目中，奥巴马承认，局面越来越困难。

24. Lotito has always maintained that his cost-cutting measures were necessary to help the club out of their dire fiscal position.

    洛蒂托一直坚持认为他的削减成本措施是有必要的，以帮助俱乐部摆脱悲惨的财政状况。

25. Zoning may have been necessary to get democracy going, but the dire state of the government is now undermining democracy's legitimacy.

    分区制对于获得民主是必要的，但是政府的可怕现状在腐蚀民主的合法性。

26. At least one exception to the dire situation: The biggest sharks of all, whale sharks, are thriving off the coast of western Australia.

    至少还有一个情况例外，没有使鲨鱼遭到灭顶之灾：鲨鱼中体型最大的鲸鲨在澳大利亚西海岸繁衍昌盛。

27. But he said failing to approve it would risk dire consequences for the economy and most Americans.

    但他表示不同意将危险可怕的后果的经济和大多数美国人。

28. He had known what Snow was the moment he saw that great white dire wolf stalking silent at his side.

    在他看见那头巨大的白色冰原狼无声的跟随着雪诺时就知道他是什么人了。

29. A dire warning from her doctor and a sobering family history got Mary's attention.

    医生的严重警告和发人深省的家族史引起了玛丽的警惕。

30. Europe's financial crisis has lurched into a perilous new phase as dire predictions emerge of a collapse in the Greek economy.

    欧洲的金融危机随着希腊经济崩溃的可怕预言，已跌跌撞撞进入了一个危险的新阶段。

31. warnings of dire consequences that often don’t come true

    对严重后果的警告，尽管这些后果常常不会出现

32. The country is in dire need of food aid.

    这个国家急需食品援助。

33. The situation looked dire.

    情况看来非常严重。