grimmer

"We have really enjoyed seven to eight years of a great environment, " she said, but hospitals are now preparing for a much grimmer future.

“我们在繁荣环境下过了七八年好日子，”她说，但是医院正准备迎来一个愁云惨淡的未来。

Now, many seem to be in free fall and the news is likely to get grimmer.

如今，部分国家通货膨胀的速度就像自由落体，新闻中的批评之声更加尖锐。

The fiscal outlook is grimmer than before, therefore we should spend less on health care reform than I used to think.

目前严峻的财政形势超过了以往任何时候，所以在医疗改革中我们花的钱要少于我过去的预期才行。

From this point of view, Russia is closer to a grimmer version of Italy than it is to an updated Stalinism.

从这一点上看，俄罗斯更像是阴冷版的意大利，而非升级版的斯大林政权。

But that hope has now been crushed under an increasing tide of grimmer and grimmer statistics that seem to portray an economy in free fall.

但是在日益上升的可怕统计数据之下，中国经济就象是自由落体，上述希望现在已经破灭。

It was a grim life, grimmer still because it was the only choice open to many.

这是一种可怕的生活，更为可怕的是，这是很多人唯一的选择。

If lower house prices and a contraction in credit push America into recession, the industry will undoubtedly face a grimmer future.

如果房产低价格和信贷紧缩将美国引致衰退，那么该行业将会面临更惨淡的未来。

Let us hope that some of the grimmer aspects of this decade are codas to the last century.

让我们衷心希望，过去十年中的一些坎坷只是20世纪乐章的尾声。

But unimaginable as it may seem, future catastrophes may be far grimmer.

尽管它看起来难以想象，但是未来的灾难会更加令人恐怖。

Meanwhile, the long-term fiscal outlook grows ever grimmer.

另外，美国未来长期的财政状况也正变得更令人担忧。

The information from the Iowa Daily Erosion Project paints a grimmer picture than a recent assessment by federal officials.

来自爱荷华州土地侵蚀项目日报的信息勾画出一幅比近期联邦官员的评估报告更残酷的画面。

Despite the city's towering skyscrapers and ultra-modern Millennium Park, underground the story is grimmer.

尽管芝加哥摩天大楼鳞次栉比，又有着超现代的千禧公园，可地下设施却惨不忍睹。

If the long term is grim, the short term is grimmer.

如果长期形势严峻，那目前的短期形势更令人担忧。

But two months into the global financial crisis, things look much grimmer for China.

但陷入全球金融危机两个月之后，中国的形势看上去严峻了许多。

Although the panic in the credit markets shows signs of abating, the economic news gets ever grimmer.

信贷市场的恐慌已经表现出了经济硬度降低的迹象，然而经济的整体情况更加恐怖。

Things look much grimmer for those in climates that are already quite warm enough.

对于那些气候已经相当暖和的地方来说，形势似乎更为严峻。

For the million Spanish families who saw a wage-earner lose their job in 2008, Christmas was a lot grimmer.

2008年，西班牙数以百万计的家庭亲眼目睹了靠工资度日的人们下岗待业，圣诞节更是雪上加霜。

The ACFIC found the position the small firms are facing is grimmer than that of global financial turmoil in 2008.

结果发现，中小企业特别是小型、微型企业的状况，可能比2008年金融海啸时更为艰难。

THE prognoses for Pakistan's future grow grimmer by the day.

巴基斯坦未来局势日益严峻。

For one thing, the starting point was even grimmer than realised last May.

一方面，年初数字甚至比去年五月的更不乐观。