They painted a grim picture of growing crime.

他们描绘了一个犯罪增长的严酷局面。

In this grim little episode of recent American history, few people come out well.

在这一小段严酷的美国近代历史中，没几人结果很好。

Doctors can face some grim trade-offs.

医生们会面临一些严峻的权衡。

Washington would do well to take a deep breath before reacting to the grim numbers.

在对这些严峻的数字做出反应之前，华盛顿最好深吸一口气。

The outlook is pretty grim.

前景令人甚感忧虑。

I feel grim this morning.

我今天早上感到不舒服。

She looked grim.

她表情严肃。

The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.

这房子在雨中显得阴郁凄凉。

Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!

很遗憾，他们的演出真不怎么样！

There was further grim economic news yesterday.

昨天有更令人沮丧的经济新闻。

The report paints a grim picture of life there.

该报道把那里的生活描绘成一副阴森的画面。

The committee walked out, grim-faced and shocked.

全体委员走了出去，脸色凝重，深感震惊。

We face the grim prospect of still higher unemployment.

我们面临着失业率进一步上升的暗淡前景。

Yesterday's crash has grim echoes of previous disasters.

昨天的撞车事故和以前的灾难令人痛心地相似。

Journalists paint a grim picture of conditions in the camps.

记者描绘了营里的恶劣条件。

Things are looking grim for workers in the building industry.

对建筑业的工人来说形势看来很不乐观。

The parks and squares looked grim under a mantle of soot and ash.

在一层烟尘的笼罩下，这些公园和广场显得阴沉沉的。

Macklin had the grim task of carrying out an autopsy on his friend.

麦克林的可怕差事是为他的朋友验尸。

The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement.

这个城市也许一开始沉闷，但它有一种活力和激情。

A grim and unsightly picture met his eye.

他眼前出现了一幅可怕而难看的画面。

Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they used to be.

监狱不再是过去那种可怕的、令人生畏的地方。

There she saw a lonely house, looking so grim and mysterious, that it did not please her at all.

在那里，她看到了一所孤零零的房子，看上去既阴森又神秘，一点也不讨喜。

All were detained in the Salem Gaol, a grim edifice of granite blocks, iron-barred windows and brick-walled cells.

所有人都被拘禁在萨勒姆监狱中，这是一座用花岗岩砌成、装有铁栅栏窗户和砖墙砌成的牢房构成的可怕建筑。

Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they used to be. Social welfare systems are in operation in many parts of the world.

监狱不再是过去那种可怕的令人生畏的地方。

But there is one grim exception.

但是有一个例外，很严峻。

But the future looks grim.

不过前景依然严酷。

Sure, the market looks pretty grim.

当然，市场确实看起来非常严峻。

The empty houses look too grim.

这些空房子看上去是那么残酷。

The impact on Indian society is grim.

对印度来说，产生的影响是残酷的。

Celia's father had a grim expression.

西莉亚的父亲表情冷酷。