dour
导读：dour英[ˈdaʊə(r)]美[dʊr, daʊr]adj.严厉的，阴沉的，（岩石）嶙峋的，顽强不屈；副词：dourly; 例句When it comes to more mainstream services, staff are dour and unhelpful.当谈
dour
英[ˈdaʊə(r)]美[dʊr, daʊr]
adj.严厉的，阴沉的，（岩石）嶙峋的，顽强不屈；
副词：dourly;
例句
When it comes to more mainstream services, staff are dour and unhelpful.当谈到更多的主流业务, 员工是无生气且无用的.
The city, drab and dour by day, is transformed at night.这座城市白天死气沉沉、单调乏味，晚上就完全变了样。
No wonder he looked so dour.难怪他看上去如此严厉。
...a dour, taciturn man...冷冰冰、不苟言笑的男子
同义词
dour的同义词之：
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ADJ-GRADED
严厉的;冷冰冰的
If you describe someone as dour, you mean that they are very serious and unfriendly.
例句
...a dour, taciturn man...冷冰冰、不苟言笑的男子No wonder he looked so dour.难怪他看上去如此严厉。英英词典释义
Adjective
1. 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"- T.S.Eliot"men tenacious of opinion"2. 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"- J.M.Barrie3. 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"- Bruce Bliven"a sour temper""a sullen crowd"
