grim

【发音】

美 /ɡrɪm/ 英 /grɪm/

【翻译】

1. adj.严厉的

   英释:looking or sounding very serious

【记忆】

g ＋ rim(边框) → 给出条条框框来约束 → 严厉的

【短语】

1. grim reaper : 狰狞持镰收割者（指死神）

【例句】

1. ‘I’ll survive,’ he said with a grim smile.

   “我死不了。”他阴笑着说。

2. The police officers were silent and grim-faced.

   警察默不作声，神情严肃。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...But Washington would do well to take a deep breath before reacting to the grim numbers...

2. (2015.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Doctors can face some grim trade-offs...

3. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...The grim economy seems to make the participants keener than ever to think 'out of the box' in the way poetry encourages...

【同、近义词】

1. adj.冷酷的；糟糕的；残忍的

   frozen/cruel/

【同根词】

1. adv

   grimly : 可怕地；冷酷地；严格地