今天我們要學的詞是 dire. dire is spelled d-i-r-e, dire. Dire 是非常嚴峻的、極為令人擔憂的意思,Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and one of China's richest men, gave a dire warning that the escalating trade war with the U.S. is going to be severe and long-lasting,阿里巴巴集團的共同創始人和中國首富馬云發出一個可怕的警告說,與美國日趨升級的貿易戰將會是嚴重而曠日持久的。常用短語dire straits 是指困境,Turkey's once bustling shopping malls are in dire straits amid currency woes,土耳其一度繁華的購物中心因貨幣貶值而陷入困境。
adj. 忙亂的;熙熙攘攘的