dour
英 ['dʊə; 'daʊə]
美['daʊr]
- adj. 严厉的；顽强的；阴沉的；不爱讲话的
- n. (Dour)人名；(法)杜尔
英英释义
- 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.Barrie
- 3. 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"
实用场景例句
- The game proved to be a dour struggle, with both men determined to win.
- 这次比赛结果成为一场恶战，因为两个人都志在必得。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- No wonder he looked so dour.
- 难怪他看上去如此严厉。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a dour, taciturn man...
- 冷冰冰、不苟言笑的男子
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- John popped his head round the dour.
- 约翰突然把头转向了门.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- They were exposed to dour resistance.
- 他们遭受到顽强的抵抗.
期刊摘选
- The goods are priced out dour reach.
- 东西太贵,我们买不起.
期刊摘选
- Hitler admired the work of dour philosophers like Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche.
- 希特勒仰慕阴沉的哲学家如亚瑟·叔本华及费里德里希·尼采的作品.
期刊摘选
- The proverbially dour New England Puritan.
- 一个抑郁的新英格兰清教徒.
期刊摘选
- Once dour Belfast had been transformed.
- 一度死气沉沉的贝尔法斯特已大为改观.
期刊摘选
- No wonder he looked so dour.
- 难怪他看上去如此严厉。
辞典例句
- 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。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
中文词源
dour 冷酷的
来自拉丁语durus, 硬的，词源同endure, tree. 引申词义冷酷的。
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. No wonder he looked so dour.
- 难怪他看上去如此严厉。
来自辞典例句
- 3. 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.
来自互联网
- 4. 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.
来自互联网
- 5. John popped his head round the dour.
- 约翰突然把头转向了门.
来自互联网
英文词源
- dour (adj.)
- mid-14c., "severe," from Scottish and northern England dialect, probably from Latin durus "hard" (see endure); sense of "gloomy, sullen" is late 15c.
词态变化
副词: dourly;