单词dire
adj.: 可怕的；悲惨的；不吉利的；迫切的
网络: 极端的
迫切的,极端的
严重,不堪设想;困难
可怕的;悲惨的;不吉利的
比较级：direr
最高级：direst
adj.+n.:
dire need,dire fate
adj.terribleawfulcalamitousdreadfulominous
adj.wonderful
Just when investors thought the Greece situation might be stabilizing, it grew direr.
在投资者以为希腊的形势可能开始企稳之际，形势却变得更加严峻了。
The situation is even direr when there is only one parent.
单亲家庭情况就更糟糕了。
thus they are in direr position and needs immediate government help.
因而他们在更加可怕的状况和需要政府立刻援助。
On the other hand, they opposed both nationalising Northern Rock and pumping in fiscal stimulus to fend off an even direr slump.
另一方面，他们既反对使诺森罗克银行国有化，又反对采取加强财政刺激来抑制更加可怕的经济下滑。
Minister of mining and energy: mohammed direr
矿业和能源部长：穆罕默德·迪雷尔