dire

['daiə]

a. 可怕的，灾难的，紧急的，急需的

【鱼儿简介】 extremely serious or terrible 非常严重的或可怕的

【记忆鱼钩】

1——图片记忆

Quake leaves pandas in dire need of bamboo

地震后熊猫急需竹子

A zookeeper feeds giant pandas at the Sichuan Giant Panda Breeding Center in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 23, 2008. The deadly earthquake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12 has destroyed the homes of giant pandas and left the bears in dire need of their favorite food, bamboo.

2008年5月23日，在中国的四川省成都大熊猫饲养中心，一个饲养员在给大熊猫喂食。发生在5月12日的致命的震摇了四川全省的地震破坏了大熊猫的家园，导致的后果是，大熊猫急需他们的食物——竹子。

【鱼儿烹饪】

备鱼备料:

【词形变化】
比较级：direr, direst
名　词：direness
副　词：direly

【同义词】

 adj. 可怕的；悲惨的 
  afflictive  alarming  awful  bad  black  disastrous  frightful  horrible  terrible  tragic  violent  wretched  
 
 adj. 可怕的 
  dreadful  fearful 

adj. 紧急的, 急需的
urgent   desperate
 
【短语】
  in dire need of 急需
  in dire poverty 极端贫困
  be in dire straits  to be in an extremely difficult or serious situation   a hero in dire straits 英雄末路
  dire warning/prediction/forecast a warning about something terrible that will happen in the future

烹炒煎炸煮:

【例句与详解】

Residents of Mianzhu, one of the worst-hit cities in Monday's quakes in southwest China, were in dire need of food, drinking water and tents.
在星期一的中国西南部的地震中，袭击最严重的一个城市——绵竹的居民急需食物、饮用水和帐篷。

Your contribution to the fund will reach those who are in dire need of your help, quickly and effectively.
你捐献的基金将快速、高效地到达急需要你的援助的人灾区人民的手里。

You'll be in dire trouble if you don't watch out.
你若不小心，就会有可怕的麻烦。

My brother is in dire need of a good lawyer.
我弟弟急需一位好律师。

The family is in dire need.
这个家庭极为贫困。

National calamities happened one after another, and the masses lived in dire poverty.
国故连连, 民不聊生。