dour

[duə]

adj.严厉的, 不爱讲话的, 沉沉的

例句与用法：

A dour, self-sacrificing life.

严酷的、自我牺牲式的生活

The goods are priced out dour reach.

东西太贵，我们买不起。

词形变化：

副词: dourly | 形容词比较级: dourer | 形容词最高级: dourest | 名词: dourness |

a.

1. 阴郁的

2. 严厉的; 倔强的

dour

词形变化：

副词: dourly | 形容词比较级: dourer | 形容词最高级: dourest | 名词: dourness |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

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dour[duə]adj.1.■严厉的，冷酷的，严格的，严峻的；严肃的2.■[苏格兰英语]固执的，执拗的，顽固的；坚强不屈的3.■闷闷不乐的，绷着脸的；阴沉的，忧闷的，阴郁的，抑郁的，郁郁寡欢的；令人生畏的4.■[主苏格兰英语](天气)阴冷的，阴沉沉的5.■[主苏格兰英语](土地)荒芜的，荒凉贫瘠的

1. relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance
   （举止或表情）严厉的，阴郁的
   a hard, dour, humourless fanatic.
   一个强硬、阴郁、毫无幽默感的狂热分子。
   

1. late Middle English (originally Scots): probably from Scottish Gaelic dúr 'dull, obstinate, stupid', perhaps from Latin durus 'hard'
   

dour

形容词 dour:

stubbornly unyielding

同义词：dogged, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance- J.M.Barrie

同义词：forbidding, grim

showing a brooding ill humor

同义词：dark, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen

dour

■4. dour (adj.

) 闷闷不乐的；

■"To a Western eye, [they] seem poorly dressed, ill-groomed, dour and preoccupied" (Peter Lewis).

“在西方人看来，显得似乎衣着寒碜，不修边幅，桀骜不驯”（彼得·刘易斯）。

■Just before the Big Sleep, people saw Lotus' husband walk to the stream and dump out his trays.That dour, old-looking man had bad luck written all over him.

“大眠”快边人们还看见那不声不响晦气色的丈夫根生倾弃了三“蚕箪”在那小溪里。

■The proverbially dour New England Puritan.

一个抑郁的新英格兰清教徒。

■the proverbially dour New England Puritan.See Synonyms at glum

一个抑郁的新英格兰清教徒参见

■Once dour Belfast had been transformed.

一度死气沉沉的贝尔法斯特已大为改观。

■However, more dour adults may be put off by the lack of environmental concern shown in this film.

不过，更多严厉的成年人也许会因片中那些缺乏环保意识的场景而有反感之意。

■The person you are addressing is rather dour and matter-of-fact.

与你联系的人相当顽固并一副公事公办的姿态。

■An expert predicts doll out of air , and experts predict this dour atmosphere will generally favor conservative party parties across the 27 members of 27-member European Union.Eighteen 8 E.

专家预计如此消沉的气氛总体上有利于欧盟27个成员国中的保守党。

■The goods are priced out dour reach.

东西太贵，我们买不起。

■a dour warning

严厉的警告

■A dour, self-sacrificing life.

严酷的、自我牺牲式的生活

■A dour,self-sacrificing life.

严酷的自我牺牲式的生活。

■The comrade in charge, a rather dour middle-aged woman in a white blouse, made the phone connection for me and then handed me the phone.

主管的那位同志是位身穿白衬衫、表情严肃的中年妇女。她接通了电话，把话筒递给了我。

■He did, in fact, become a dour ascetic.

他, 实际上, 成为一个阴郁的禁欲主义者。

■Being poor white, they were not even accorded the” grudging respect that Angus Macintosh's dour independence wrung from neighboring families.

他们是穷白人，甚至还不如安格斯?麦金托什，因为后者总算还能以倔强的独立性争取到邻居们勉强的尊敬。

■they was suffered from dour fighting back.

他们遭受到顽强的抵抗.

■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。

■He is a proverbially dour New England Puritan.

他是个众所周知的抑郁的新英格兰清教徒。

■In place of jolly Mr.Tumnus from the first film, the guide this time is a dour red-bearded dwarf (Peter Dinklage) who warns, "You may find Narnia a more savage place than you remember.

代替第一部电影里面快乐的托马斯小鹿是一个阴沉，红胡子的小矮人（皮特.丁克拉格），他警告说：“你会发现纳尼亚是一个比你想象的还要残忍的地方。”

■Istanbul was a bit of a freaky game. Do you think this one is going to revert back to the dour old English-Italian one-goal-in-it affair?

伊斯坦布尔决赛有点偏离常规。你认为这一次将恢复到保守的英格兰－大利式一球决胜?

■the proverbially dour New England Puritan;

众所周知的、性格阴沉的新英格兰清教徒；

■Apart from a rather dour, but tactically intriguing, cup final it has been the most tense season for years.

先不提比赛有多艰难，战术有多高明，杯赛决赛为这个有史以来最激烈的赛季画上了句号。

■American conservatism, before he began to shake it up, was dour, backward-looking, anti-intellectual and isolationist, especially when viewed from the east coast.

克里斯托使美国保守主义脱胎换骨前，它一直留与世人（尤其东部人）刻板与保守的印象，它敌视知识分子，顽守孤立主义。

■Tech stocks were also under pressure Tuesday amid a dour profit outlook from Texas Instruments Inc (TXN).

受德州仪器(TXN)悲观的财测数字影响，周二科技股同样遭遇卖压。

■NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks churned Wednesday, hovering near three-month lows, as investors considered the Federal Reserve's dour economic forecast and President Obama's home rescue plan.

周三股市呈震荡走势，由于联储悲观的经济预测和总统的家庭救援计划影响着投资者的决策，股指在三个月的低点附近盘旋。

■A dour determination.

固执的决定

■” The reader is introduced to Eric Cash, a dour wannabe writer trapped in a life of restaurant managing, and William Marcus, a manic, tragic man confounded by the death of his son.

在书中读者结识了EricCash，一个阴沉的怀揣作家梦却不得不整日忙于餐馆生意的家伙，还有WilliamMarcus，一个因儿子的死而倍受打击的狂躁的悲剧性男子。

■That dour , delicate revolutionary and I had developed a curious relationship over the nearly four years of secret meetings in Paris.

在将近四年的巴黎秘密会谈中，这位面孔通常阴森森的职业革命家与我建立了一种奇特的关系。

■To a Western eye, [ they ] seem poorly dressed, ill - groomed, dour and preoccupied (Peter Lewis).

在西方人看来，显得似乎衣着寒碜，不修边幅，桀骜不驯（彼得 刘易斯）。

■Security forces have locked down the exclusive Noosa Dour Resort region when the ASEAN summit is taking place.

在高峰会期间，保安队伍已经隔离了努沙地区。

■For decades Damascus looked as dour as Bucharest under communist rule.

大马士革几十年来在共产主义的统治下和布加勒斯特一样看起来死气沉沉。

■So many times when he entered a business, he received the same dour look, the blank stare, the unthinking denial.

如此的许多次当他进入了生意的时候，他收到了一样的不爱讲话的神情，空白的注视,无思想的否认。

■The outlook for the global economy this year is decidedly dour, but leading economists at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland had mixed views Wednesday about the possibility of a global recession.

对今年经济的预测是大家果断的认为是顽强的，但是在瑞士举行的世界经济论然上的经济学家们在周三预测世界将有可能出现全球性衰退。

■In spite dour warnings, he decided to invest in, that venture. I suppose it's case of fools rushing in where angels fear to tread.

尽管我们都警告他还是决定投资那桩冒险生意，我想这就是“蠢人爱鲁莽行事”。

■But whereas finance chiefs may be marginally less dour than in previous quarters, they are continuing to slash earnings forecasts and are speeding up plans for layoffs and spending cuts.

尽管财务总监们比起前几个季度，信心稍有恢复，但他们仍然削减了收入预期，同时加紧制定裁员及降低开销的相关计划。

■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。

■Italian priest Antonio Rungi said he is organizing the world's first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour.

意大利将在今年9月举行一场"意大利修女"选美比赛，旨在消除人们认为修女刻板严肃的偏见。

■I'm sick of dour faces

我厌烦了烦闷的脸

■Zillow's dour report did contain some good news: 30 of the 163 covered MSAs registered gains in the Zillow Home Value Index, or the median value of all the homes in an area.

截至第三季度末，住房价值已经跌去了1.9万亿美元之多而且还在继续缩水；这个数字是通过计算1月份和9月份全部住房估计价值之差得出的。

■dour looks

抑郁的表情

■Whenever you find dour wrongdoing, be quick with reparation!

无论何时你发现自己做错了，竭尽所能去弥补；动作要快！

■And , and experts predict this dour atmosphere will generally favor Conservative Parties conservative parties across the 27-member European Union. 8 E.

有关专家预计，这种死气沉沉的气愤一般会对拥有27个成员国的欧盟的保守派政党有利。

■John, a dour expatriate Briton who loathes his twin brother James;

本来充满阳光的度假气息，顿时罩上一层阴影。

■Dour economic tidings continue to pile up for PlayStation 3 purveyor Sony.

杜尔经济消息继续堆积的承办商索尼公司的。

■Keywords Lycium Chinense chrysanthemum com Dour healthy bread;

枸杞;菊花;玉米粉;保健面包;

■Moreover, some credit-market conditions, which had shown signs of improvement earlier this year, have worsened a bit amid a stream of dour economic data.

此外，虽然信贷市场状况在年初时一度出现好转迹象，但在一连串惨淡的经济数据打击下又开始恶化。

■The vote is taking place amid the larger backdrop of the economic crisis, and experts predict this dour atmosphere will generally favor conservative parties across the 27-member European Union. 8 E.

此次选举在经济危机这样一个更大的背景下展开，专家预计，这种阴沉的气氛将更有利于在欧盟27个成员国中的保守党派。

■There has been an outbreak of Tory “sleaze”; Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of London elected in May, still seems somewhat gaffe-prone; maybe recession would play to Mr Brown's dour strengths.

现在已经出现了托利“不利”的苗头：五月选出的伦敦市长博瑞思.约翰逊，似乎经常为保守党出丑；或许暂时的落后的局面有利于工党的布朗重振旗鼓。

■Its air of renewal has been heightened in this dour winter by Ronald Reagan's promise of "a new beginning" for the nation and by the glow of ruddy Sun Belt optimism he brings to it.

由于里根许诺要给国家以“新的开始”，也由于他从那“阳光灿烂的地带”带来了乐观主义的霞光，就职典礼的更始气氛，在今年严峻的冬季，显得尤为浓郁。