今天我们要学的词是 dire. [ˈdaɪər]

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 militias.

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，今天我们学习的词是 dire, dire, dire ...