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bleak [bli:k]

a. 萧瑟的, 荒凉的, 阴冷的

The weather in early December was bleak and unpleasant.
十二月初的天气又阴冷又难受。
The future of this firm will be very bleak indeed if we keep losing money.
要是我们继续亏本的话，这家公司的前途会非常黯淡。
It's a bleak look-out for the coal industry as the number of pit closures increases.
煤井关闭的数目日多, 煤炭工业前景暗淡.

bleak

[ adj ]

offering little or no hope

<adj.all>

the future looked black

prospects were bleak

Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult

took a dim view of things

providing no shelter or sustenance

<adj.all>

bare rocky hills

barren lands

the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes

the desolate surface of the moon

a stark landscape

unpleasantly cold and damp

<adj.all>

bleak winds of the North Atlantic

Bleak \Bleak\ (bl[=e]k), a. [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS.
bl[=a]c, bl[=ae]c, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek,
Dan. bleg, OS. bl[=e]k, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all
from the root of AS. bl[=i]can to shine; akin to OHG.
bl[=i]chen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. fle`gein to
burn, shine, Skr. bhr[=a]j to shine, and E. flame. [root]98.
Cf. {Bleach}, {Blink}, {Flame}.]
1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.]

When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as
one that were laid out dead. --Foxe.

2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Wastes too bleak to rear
The common growth of earth, the foodful ear.
--Wordsworth.

At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach. --Longfellow.

3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.
※ -- {Bleak"ish}, a. -- {Bleak"ly}, adv. --
{Bleak"ness}, n.

Bleak \Bleak\, n. [From {Bleak}, a., cf. {Blay}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small European river fish ({Leuciscus alburnus}), of the
family Cyprinid[ae]; the blay. [Written also {blick}.]

Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is
used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. --Baird.

In a story in the Wednesday edition of the newspaper, Unger described his feelings after meeting two inmates in their small, bleak cell who wished to surrender.
3Com lost nearly a third of its market value and led the day's bad-news bearers with an unexpectedly bleak short-term outlook.
By late afternoon, the yield on the benchmark 30-year government security was up to 7.70 per cent, a fresh high on the year. But the reaction among equity investors was more measured even during the bleak early hours.
Unless Gorbachev can do something to turn the economy around, he may find himself in trouble, said the bleak review which was conducted jointly by the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
The municipal market's mood has been especially bleak lately because of Salomon Brothers Inc.'s decision to phase out its municipal department and Kidder, Peabody & Co.'s staff cutbacks.
At the time, the industry's outlook was bleak, and Bethlehem Steel Corp. and Armco were widely touted as candidates for bankruptcy court.
In return Mr Abiola should suspend his threat to form a Lagos-based government. The generals may object: in which case the interim government is exposed as a sham, and Nigeria's prospects are bleak indeed.
But the outlook remains bleak for the next several months, the analysts said, because rising unit labor costs will exacerbate the already unfavorable position most U.S. manufacturers find themselves in in world markets.
The Edwardian tram carrying 40 tourists stops, and the atmosphere becomes bleak.
Food retailers expect sales to improve on an annual basis this month, but the outlook for off-licences remains bleak. Clothing and footwear.
"We don't want to paint an entirely bleak picture, but people should be prepared to face the harsh reality that some things will be different," said Ged Petit, information officer for the state agency.
Union President Marvin Powell also gave a bleak assessment of the talks.
It seems to me they are creating a commuter zone for the Docklands but I don't see it helping business much.' The view from West Ham station is a bleak one.
"We just really don't know where we stand right now, but it don't look near as bleak as it did before it started raining," Elliott said.
Staying with drama as our example, there is a bleak absence of passion, personal communication, and vision.
Many big retailers reported weak December sales, suggesting no revival in sight for consumer spending. Same-store sales rose an estimated 2% from bleak year-earlier levels.
The point of this dismal scene is that the future is bleak for U.S. workers.
The Ferranti statement "is very bleak reading," said analyst Miles Saltiel of Hoare Govett Ltd.
That sort of gallows political humor reflects the bleak outlook as Congress struggles into the next round on the budget, a no-win issue there and at the White House.
The movie version of George Orwell's bleak classic "1984," depicting the terrifying world of an omnipresent government, will have its Soviet premiere in the next few months, its executive producer said.
But at least there shouldn't be any lack of contenders to run the new outpost, given that the TUC's domestic career opportunities look so bleak.
The situation wasn't always bleak.
"What we know by instinct is finally coming out in print, and the landscape is bleak," said Donald Lamm, chairman of W.W. Norton, which publishes about 300 titles a year and is known for serious nonfiction.
Administrators of International Leisure Group said they abandoned attempts to sell the British company as a going concern, making prospects for salvaging its Air Europe unit increasingly bleak.
Months of drift and indecision have meant a reversion to a primitive combination of barter and corruption. Not surprisingly, the arrival of the reformers has coincided with a battery of bleak economic statistics.
The financial outlook for states has become so bleak, the report said, that governors are even willing to propose taxes in an election year.
Another resident of the bleak complex in Brooklyn's East New York section said there are about three shootings per week at Cypress Hills.
The rise of nationalist sentiment worries Austrians brought up to value consenus almost above anything else. The outlook is not all bleak.
The Treasury auctions were a bright spot on the otherwise bleak landscape for the bond market.
And the prospect of coming up with the money, even the $45 million needed in the first year, is bleak.

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