\\\"a desperate illness\\\"
\\\"on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel\\\"
\\\"a dire emergency\\\"
causing fear or dread or terror;
\\\"the awful war\\\"
\\\"an awful risk\\\"
\\\"dire news\\\"
\\\"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked\\\"
\\\"the dread presence of the headmaster\\\"
\\\"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was\\\"
\\\"a dreadful storm\\\"
\\\"a fearful howling\\\"
\\\"horrendous explosions shook the city\\\"
\\\"a terrible curse\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
You\\\'ll be in dire trouble if you don\\\'t watch out. 你若不小心，就會有可怕的麻煩。
Some in their beds shall toss and groan in dire dreams. 有些人將在床上輾轉反側，在可怕的夢中呻吟。
The backward economy and the cruel exploitation by the serf-owners kept the people in dire poverty and misery. 經濟的落后和農奴主的殘酷剝削，使人民群眾處于極端貧窮和悲慘的生活境地。
On the way to this present greatness and security the American people passed through one phase of dire conflict. 美國人民在走向現在強大和安全的道路上卻曾經歷了一段悲慘的沖突。
She had been oppressed by dire poverty. 她曾因極其貧困而心情沉重。
The black girl\\\'s family is in dire necessity. 那個黑人女孩的家庭一貧如洗。
The film we saw was absolutely dire! 我們看的那部電影差勁透了!
常用短語
voir dire
[律]一切照實陳述(...
dire thirst
渴甚
組詞
All monstrous, all prodigious things..Gorgons and Hydra\\\'s and Chimera\\\'s dire.sssss C. Brontësc;