dour的意思和读音

dour

: [dʊr] : [dʊə(r)]

adj.

adj.kindly,indecisive

adj.severe,unfriendly,sour,stern,hard-faced

douradj.

1.giving the impression of being unfriendly and severe

2.not pleasant; with no features that make it lively or interesting

The city, drab and dour by day, is transformed at night.

The game proved to be a dour struggle, with both men determined to win.

adj.1.;2.,3.(),()

adj.1.very serious, and not smiling or friendly2.not pleasant, interesting, or exciting

1. dogged ,> dour > dour > ...

2. divest v. dour adj. , , , drab adj. , ...

3. dour > dour > draconian > ...

4. ... courage n. dour adj. ;( gourd n. ...

6. ... courage n. dour adj. ;( gourd n. ...

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1.Istanbul was a bit of a freaky game. Do you think this one is going to revert back to the dour old English-Italian one-goal-in-it affair?-

2.The dour data in the last few days have spurred talk the economy could tumble into a fresh recession.退

3.JANUARY JONES While retro-cool, this Lanvin gown was just a little too dour for such a festive night.

4.Yet as we get ready to welcome the birth of the seven billionth person later this year, the mood should be celebratory, not dour.

5.And that's me with Youssou N'Dour, onstage, having the time of my life.·

6.MARY LOU DiNARDO checked three times to make sure: was that a smiley face at the end of the latest e-mail from her most dour client?

7.That dour, delicate revolutionary and I had developed a curious relationship over the nearly four years of secret meetings in Paris.

8.Not far away, she espied a tall man of middle age standing beside a tree with a dour look on his face.

9.in spite dour warnings , he decided to invest in , that venture . i suppose it ' s case of fools rushing in where angels fear to tread.”。

10.Such activities used to be forbidden by Vietnam's dour Communist ideologues, who railed against "backward superstitions" .