dire

英 [ˈdaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈdaɪər]

adj.  极其严重的; 危急的; 极糟的; 极差的

最高级：direst　比较级：direr　

GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.8437 / COCA.7077

牛津词典

adj.

• 极其严重的；危急的
  very serious
  1. living in dire poverty
     生活赤贫
  2. dire warnings/threats
     严重的警告 / 威胁
  3. Such action may have dire consequences .
     这种行为可能产生严重后果。
  4. We're in dire need of your help.
     我们急需你的帮助。
  5. The firm is in dire straits (= in a very difficult situation) and may go bankrupt.
     这家公司已陷入极度困境之中，可能会破产。
• 极糟的；极差的
  very bad
  1. The acting was dire.
     这表演糟透了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 严峻的;严重的;可怕的
  Direis used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is.
  1. A government split would have dire consequences for domestic peace...
     政府的分裂将会给国内和平带来严重后果。
  2. He was in dire need of hospital treatment.
     他急需入院治疗。
  3. ...dire poverty.
     赤贫
• ADJ-GRADED 极其糟糕的;质量低劣的
  If you describe something asdire, you are emphasizing that it is of very low quality.
  1. ...a book of children's verse, which ranged from the barely tolerable to the utterly dire.
     一本儿童诗歌集，其中有的能勉强接受，而有的简直是糟透了。

双语例句

• They deprived a large number of the overseas Chinese of their means of livelihood and drove them out of their residences in dire poverty.
  他们剥夺了大批华侨劳动人民的生活资料，然后将他们扫地出门。
• His life is in dire danger from cancer.
  他因患癌症而生命垂危。
• The disaster area was in dire need of food.
  灾区极端需要食品。
• The culture of suspicion could have dire consequences.
  怀疑文化的生根可能会产生巨大的负面影响。
• This decision will have dire consequences for local people.
  这项决定对当地人将有严重后果。
• The risk has emerged of a self-fulfilling confidence crisis that would have dire consequences for other vulnerable members.
  希腊目前有可能爆发一场自我实现的信心危机，进而给其它脆弱的欧元区成员国造成可怕影响。
• He was in dire need of hospital treatment.
  他急需入院治疗。
• Currency war, to be sure, but the consequences for the global economy could still be dire.
  应该指出，我们说的是“汇率战争”；但对全球经济来说，这一“战争”的后果仍可能极其严重。
• The threat of exclusion from Chinese markets – already fairly dire – will make politicians around the world jump.
  被排除出中国市场的威胁现在已经相当可怕了将使全世界的政客们跳起来。
• But the additive's effects on humans are dire.
  但此添加剂对人体的影响是可怕的。