bleak

見込みのない、暗い

状況がよくなることや、よい結果が出ることをほとんど期待できない。

やさしい英語で： Offering little hope that things will improve or turn out well.

• The future looks bleak.
• Job prospects are bleak in this town.
• The report painted a bleak picture of the economy.

類義語： grim, gloomy, hopeless

反対語： promising, hopeful

よく使う表現： bleak future, bleak prospects, look bleak

荒涼とした、殺風景な

何もなく寒々として、居心地のよさを感じられない。

やさしい英語で： Empty, cold, and unattractive, with little to make a place feel welcoming.

• The hills looked bleak in winter.
• They crossed a bleak stretch of open land.
• We stayed in a bleak little town by the coast.

類義語： desolate, barren, stark

反対語： inviting

よく使う表現： bleak landscape, bleak hillside, bleak countryside

わびしい、陰鬱な

悲しく、慰めや喜びが感じられない。

やさしい英語で： Sad and without any feeling of comfort or happiness.

• She felt bleak and lonely.
• Those were bleak days after his wife's death.
• The film shows the family's bleak existence.

類義語： cheerless, miserable, gloomy, desolate

反対語： cheerful, happy

よく使う表現： bleak mood, bleak existence, feel bleak

青白い、色のない

色がとても薄い、またはほとんど色がない。

やさしい英語で： Very pale, with little or no color.

• Her face was bleak and pale.
• A bleak white light filled the hallway.
• His bleak cheeks showed no trace of color.

類義語： pale, pallid, colorless

反対語： colorful, rosy

よく使う表現： a bleak face, bleak white, bleak complexion

ブリーク

ヨーロッパの川や湖にすむ、小さな銀色の魚。

やさしい英語で： A small silver fish that lives in European rivers and lakes.

• He caught a bleak in the river.
• A shoal of bleak swam near the surface.
• The lake contains perch and bleak.

類義語： ablet, alburn, blay

よく使う表現： a small bleak, catch a bleak, common bleak