dour

释义

adj.严厉的; 阴沉的; （岩石）嶙峋的; 顽强不屈

大小写变形: Dour

词态变化

副词 :   dourly ;

实用场景例句

His dour countenance left no uncertainty in anyone's mind.

他阴郁的神情让所有人都确信无疑。

金山词霸

A dour and reticent nobleman

一位阴郁而沉默的贵族

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The forest, dark and dour in winter, comes alive with color in spring.

这片森林在冬天阴沉而压抑，到了春天就焕发出缤纷的色彩。

金山词霸

The negotiation turned into a dour contest, with both sides refusing to compromise.

这次谈判变成了一场激烈的较量，因为双方都拒绝让步。

金山词霸

John popped his head round the dour.

约翰突然把头转向了门.

期刊摘选

When it comes to more mainstream services, staff are dour and unhelpful.

当谈到更多的主流业务, 员工是无生气且无用的.

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They were exposed to dour resistance.

他们遭受到顽强的抵抗.

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The goods are priced out dour reach.

东西太贵,我们买不起.

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Hitler admired the work of dour philosophers like Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche.

希特勒仰慕阴沉的哲学家如亚瑟·叔本华及费里德里希·尼采的作品.

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The proverbially dour New England Puritan.

一个抑郁的新英格兰清教徒.

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Once dour Belfast had been transformed.

一度死气沉沉的贝尔法斯特已大为改观.

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No wonder he looked so dour.

难怪他看上去如此严厉。

辞典例句

英英释义

Adjective

1. stubbornly unyielding;

"dogged persistence"

"dour determination"

"the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"

"a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot

"men tenacious of opinion"

2. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;

"a dour, self-sacrificing life"

"a forbidding scowl"

"a grim man loving duty more than humanity"

"undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie

3. showing a brooding ill humor;

"a dark scowl"

"the proverbially dour New England Puritan"

"a glum, hopeless shrug"

"he sat in moody silence"

"a morose and unsociable manner"

"a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven

"a sour temper"

"a sullen crowd"