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dire怎么读？

dire

英 ['daɪə] 美

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词disastrous wretched dreadful black horrible awful terrible tragic bad

adj. 可怕的；悲惨的；极端的

TEM8GRE低频词常用词汇

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弟弟发高烧了，全身很热、很烫，很严重！他的样子看起来很痛苦、很悲惨。
2. dinosaur => Greek deinos "terrible" => dire.
3. 谐音“戴尔”------在计算机领域戴尔是一个可怕的竞争对手。

中文词源

dire 危急的

来自拉丁语dirus, 恐惧的，预兆不祥的，词源同dinosaur.

英文词源

dire: dire: see dinosaur
dire (adj.): 1560s, from Latin dirus "fearful, awful, boding ill," which is of unknown origin; perhaps from Oscan and Umbrian and perhaps cognate with Greek deinos, from PIE root *dwei-.

双语例句

1. If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits.: 假如我们有了小孩，我们会真正陷入困境。

2. 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。

3. He was in dire need of hospital treatment.: 他急需入院治疗。

4. living in dire poverty: 生活赤贫

5. There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.: 曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告.