dire meaning in English
adj.
1.可怕的;悲惨的;不吉利的。
2.迫切的,极端的。
短语和例子
Examples
- It was obvious, and it was dire .
这是显而易见的,也是悲惨可怕的。 - There would be dire consequences for the rest of the world .
对世界其它地区,后果将不堪设想。 - I see only dire poverty ahead from my feet to the grave .
面临着我的没有别的,只有可怕的贫困。 - This task proved deceptively easy in the dire emergency of 1933 .
在1933年极端紧急状态中,这个任务出乎寻常容易。 - The people here are reduced to dire poverty because of ( the ) natural disasters .
这里的人们由于自然灾害而穷不聊生。