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BNC: 8437 COCA: 7077

dire

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dire /daɪə $ daɪr/ ●○○ adjectiveadj
1  BADPROBLEMextremely serious or terrible 極其嚴重的，極可怕的
warnings of dire consequences that often don’t come true
對嚴重後果的警告，盡管這些後果常常不會出現
The country is in dire need of food aid.
這個國家急需食品援助。
The situation looked dire.
情況看來非常嚴重。
2  be in dire straits to be in an extremely difficult or serious situation 處於岌岌可危的境地
Everyone agrees the sport is in dire straits.
人人都認爲這個體育項目已處於岌岌可危的境地。
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be in dire straits• Peggy realized what dire financial straits she was in when her husband died.• The company is in dire financial straits.• Everton, to put it bluntly, are in dire straits.• The result is a society that was in dire straits because its cannibalism turned against itself, involving even small children.• The team is in such dire straits they've even considered selling their three best players.
3  dire warning/prediction/forecast WARNa warning about something terrible that will happen in the future 可怕的警告/預測/預言
Last night there were dire warnings of civil war.
昨晚傳來關於内戰的可怕警告。
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dire warning/prediction/forecast• He was walking in spite of all those specialists and their dire predictions.• That was the rift that grabbed headlines late in 1990, as a result of a dire forecast.• Take the current fascination with dire forecasts, for example.• The crisis has unsettled financial markets and brought dire predictions of revolution or civil war from some politicians.• The dire warnings of world shortages have not come to pass.• When a highly qualified professional makes such a dire prediction, one has to sit up and take notice.• The most dire forecasts say rising mercury on Earth could bring about both devastating floods and droughts.
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dire• The situation doesn't seem as dire as you described it.• The conditions may sound wonderful, but they can have dire consequences.• Usually these reports concentrate on prophecies of a forthcoming Armageddon but many also describe a dire contemporary situation.• The threats were dire enough to make the Republicans look reckless when they refused to budge.• The overwhelming impression left by the survey is one of dire poverty.• That too often meant that jobs went abroad to places with very low wages and dire standards of living.
in dire need of• At the time, rebels were in dire need of arms.• Feeling in dire need of fresh air, Ellie went outside into the grounds.• But many of them are in dire need of repair.
Origin dire
(1500-1600) Latin dirus
dire adjectiveadj
Corpus
BNC: 8437 COCA: 7077
BNC: 8437 COCA: 7077
dire adj.
⇨ serious 1
BNC: 8437 COCA: 7077
dire
Serious, severe and extreme: serious, severe, extreme...
Bad or of a low quality: sad, poor, terribly...

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