Were dire warnings voiced by those omniscient organs,the“Financial Times”and the“Economist?Not so you’d notice.

“金融时代”和“经济学家”这两种无所不为的刊物发出了可怕的警报吗?还不太惹人注目。

What a dire misfortune!

“意想不到的灾难!”

In the history of the Party, those tendencies have led to dire consequences.

“左”的东西在我们党的历史上可怕呀!

the dire news of an explosion

爆炸的悲惨消息

The preacher preached a wonderful rhythmical sermon, all moans and shouts and lonely cries and dire pictures of hell, and then he sang a song about the ninety and nine safe in the fold, but one little lamb was left out in the cold.

传教士的布道精彩而有节奏，他一会儿悲声叹息，一会儿大叫，一会儿凄凉地号叫，描绘出了地狱的恐怖情形。接着他唱了一首歌，唱的是99只羊都很安逸地待在羊栏里，只有一只羔羊被冷落在一旁

(Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM)-Radio telephone transmitters and receivers for the maritime mobile service operating in the VHF bands used on inland waterways-Part 2: Harmonized EN under article 3.2 of the der R&TTE Dire

电磁兼容性和无线电频谱情况(ERM).国内水道用运行在VHF波段的海上移动业务用无线电话发射机和接收机.第2部

A pestilence or dire disease.

痘疫或者可怕的疾病

A strike that had dire repercussions.

反响可怕的罢工

be in dire need of help

非常需要帮助.

The Kuomintang tried to strangle us by cutting off the funds due to us and imposing an economic blockade; we were indeed in dire straits

国民党用停发经费和经济封锁来对待我们，企图把我们困死，我们的困难真是大极了。

Do, with like timorous accent and dire yell as when, by night and negligence, the fire is spread in populous cities

很好，你嚷起来吧，就像在一座人口众多的城里，因为晚间失慎而起火的时候，人们用那种惊骇惶恐的声音呼喊一样。

And to add confusion to confusion, there was the servant, an unceasing menace, that appeared noiselessly at his shoulder, a dire Sphinx that propounded puzzles and conundrums demanding instantaneous solution

还有仆人也来给他添乱。仆人是一种永无休止的威胁，总悄悄出现在他肩头旁。全是些可怕的狮身人面兽，老提出些难题、哑谜，要他立即作答。

She had been oppressed by dire poverty.

她曾因极其贫困而心情沉重。

A dire economic forecast;dire threats.

紧急经济预报;严重威胁

In dire need;dire poverty.

紧急需要;极端缺乏

dire news

可怕的消息.

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。

And if we are able thus to attack an inferior force with a superior one, our opponents will be in dire straits.

能以众击寡者,则吾之所与战者,约矣。

in dire need of

迫切需要 =the Furies)专管复仇的女神

There is a dire need for food.

迫切需要食物。

I am well aware of the dire consequences of fertility falling below the replacement rate in the long run.

其实，我当然了解人口替代不足在一段时日之后将为我国带来多大的麻烦。

The fuel system has filters and screens to prevent dire in the fuel from entering the fuel pump or carburetor. Dirt could, of course, prevent normal operation of these units and cause poor engine performance.

燃料系统装有滤清器和过滤网,防止燃油中的杂物进入燃油泵或化油器。否则,污物会影响这些部件的正常运转,并引起发动机运转不良。

Too frequent rewards signify that the enemy is at the end of his resources; too many punishments betray a condition of dire distress.

数赏者,窘也﹔数罚者,困也﹔

At the same time, Solana expressed that, the Spanish government was deeply concerned over Cuba’s “dire situation of illegal immigrants” and would like to make necessary efforts to facilitate talks between havana and Washington to look for solutions

索拉纳同时表示，西班牙政府对古巴“偷渡者的惨境”深为关切，并愿作必要的努力，促使哈瓦那和华盛顿之间对话，寻找解决办法。

His family is in dire necessity

他的家庭赤贫如洗。

His life is in dire danger from cancer.

他因患癌症而生命垂危。

Just how a secondary school could achieve such a success despite dire economic circumstances is a good question for us to ponder over.

为什么一所中学在那样困苦的经济环境中能那样成功，是值得我们深思的。

My friends, whom I know are in dire straits financially, do not like talking about money, business or investing. They often think it rude or unintellectual.

我的另一些朋友经济上很困难,他们不爱谈论金钱、商务或投资,他们常常认为这很粗鲁或不明智。

We hoped the enemy would conclude that we were making another, unusually ambitious attempt to reinforce malta, which had been in dire straits for months

我们揣想敌人将认为我们试行另一次重大企图以增援马尔他，该岛数月来始终处于可怕之苦境中。

All of us should boost up the people who are in dire necessity

我们大家都应该支援处在极度贫困中的人们。

voir dire

ph.1. 【法】【律】(证人和陪审团接受预先审查所作的)诚实回答宣誓,2. 【法】【律】(法院对证人和陪审团的)预先审查

DIRE DAWA

德雷达瓦

dire clay

n.耐火土

dire thirst

口大渴

dire warnings

可怖的预兆

in dire need of

急需

dire tube boiler

n.火管锅炉