dour是什么意思

2023-12-11 17:52:16

dour

美[daʊər] 英[daʊə(r)]

adj. 严厉的；不爱讲话的；沉沉的

副词：dourly 比较级：dourer 最高级：dourest 名词：dourness

近义词：black，grim，sour，severe，unfriendly，stern，hard-faced，harsh，determined，stubborn，set，purposeful，resolute，resolved，dogged，moody，morose，persistent，pertinacious，forbidding，unyielding，glowering，tenacious，sullen，glum，saturnine，dark，

英英释义

Adjective

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" "men tenacious of opinion"
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"
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" "a sour temper" "a sullen crowd"

例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Im sick of dour faces staring at me from the T. V. tower.我厌倦了电视台里瞪着我的那些严厉的面孔。
He was a silent, precise man with a dour nature and a hard Aberdonian accent.他是一个沉默寡言、一丝不苟的人，性格倔强，带有很重的阿伯丁港的口音。
She always pretends to be dour, in fact, shes not.她总表现的不爱讲话，事实却相反。
When it comes to more mainstream services, staff are dour and unhelpful.当它涉及更多主流的服务时职员就会变得阴郁和无助。

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