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dour + noun
He gave me a dour look.
他给了我一个阴沉的眼神。
阴沉的；严厉的
dourest — superlative of dour
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阴沉的；严厉的
stern and gloomy; harshly uninviting in manner or appearance
He gave me a dour look.
他给了我一个阴沉的眼神。
严厉的,苛刻的,令人生畏的
Stern, harsh and forbidding.
顽固不屈的
Unyielding and obstinate.
表达忧郁或悲伤的
Expressing gloom or melancholy.
Despite the good news, her dour expression made everyone uneasy.
尽管有好消息，她阴沉的脸色让大家感到不安。
The manager gave us a dour look when we asked for a day off.
当我们请假时，经理投来严厉的目光。
His dour attitude toward the project dampened the team's enthusiasm.
他对项目的阴郁态度削弱了团队的积极性。
He gave me a dour look.
他给了我一个阴沉的眼神。
Her expression was dour.
她的表情很阴沉。
The students were dour about the exam results.
学生们对考试结果感到很不满。
Not this
The weather is dour.
Use this
The weather is gloomy.
错误：dour 仅用于描述人的态度或外表，不能用于天气。中文‘阴沉’可以兼指天气和态度，但英文中描述天气需用 gloomy 或 dreary。
Not this
His dour makes people uncomfortable.
Use this
His dour manner makes people uncomfortable.
错误：dour 是形容词，不能直接作名词使用。中文形容词可以充当名词（如‘他的阴沉’），但英文必须补充名词，如 manner 或 expression。
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阴沉的表情
She said nothing, her dour expression betraying her disapproval.
她一言不发，阴沉的表情透露出她的不悦。
阴郁的沉默
The room fell into a dour silence after the news.
消息传来后，房间里陷入一片阴郁的沉默。
顽强的决心
Despite the setbacks, they continued with dour determination.
尽管遭遇挫折，他们仍以顽强的决心继续前行。
严厉的态度
His dour manner frightened the new students.
他严厉的态度吓坏了新生。
悲观的心态
A dour outlook on life can make everything seem dull.
悲观的心态会让一切看起来都索然无味。
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联想：dour 比 sour 多一个 d，看到 sour 会酸得皱眉，而 dour 是整天板着脸、阴沉严厉的样子。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、serious journalism dour 比较常见于正式或书面语，多用于文学描写或严肃新闻中，形容人的神情严厉、阴沉或态度固执。日常口语中较少使用。
superlative: dourest
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.