bleak/blik; bliːk/ adj 1 a bleak situation seems very bad and unlikely to improve 没有希望的: Without a job, the future seemed bleak. 没有工作，前景就显得暗淡。 2 cold and unattractive 萧瑟的，阴郁的: a bleak November day 十一月里阴冷的一天 the bleak landscape of the northern hills 北部山丘地区荒凉的景色