bleak/bliːk/
adj.1. 阴冷的;寒冷的bleak winter weather冬天寒冷的气候
2. 没有指 望的;令人沮丧的Two weeks in hospital seems a bleak prospect.住院两周看来没有什么希望。
The future of this firm will be very bleak indeed if they can't devise new models of products. (喻)这公司如果不能设计出新型产品,那它的前景就非常暗淡。