学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 1994 dire

今天我们要学的是dire¹.  Dire, 形容词，意思是可怕的，悲惨的。彭博商业周刊报道说，The Dean of UC Berkeley's Business School made a dire forecast that half of the business schools in the U.S. could be gone by 2020. 加州大学伯克利分校商学院院长作出可怕预测，说到2020年可能美国一半的商学院都会关门。Displaced people in Somalia are facing a dire situation after the government launched another military operation against local militias². 索马里政府对当地民兵组织发起新一轮军事行动后，流离失所的索马里人处境悲惨。好的，今天我们学习的词是 dire, dire, dire...

1 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。

2 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网