Moreover, Parker-Pope argues, all the talk about grim marriage stats becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

此外，帕克-波普还辩解说，所有关于婚姻糟糕统计数据的议论已经演变成为一种自我应验式的预言。

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On other fronts the news is similarly grim , although perhaps not out of bounds of market expectations.

从别的方面来看，消息还是一样地令人沮丧，尽管可能并没有市场预期地那么糟。

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Ever since his inauguration, Obama has nurtured the idea that responsibility for grim economic conditions rested with former President Bush.

从上任起，奥巴马就是一直认为经济陷入现在困境责任在于前总统布什。

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The state of most state budgets is grim , with large deficits looming.

大部分州的财政预算状况都不妙，随时可能出现巨额财政赤字。

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By the time he settled on economics, the once dismal science had become, if not exactly gay, then no longer grim , hopeless or resigned.

当他投身经济学的那一刻，这个曾经沉闷的学科不再有阴森无望的气质，如果严格说来也谈不上绚丽多彩的话。

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For D H Lawrence the town was an "inland island, still curiously isolated and grim " .

对于D·H·劳伦斯，这个城镇是一个“内陆岛，给人的感觉仍然出奇得孤立和严峻”。

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More troops, their uniforms protected by transparent plastic coats, squatted at the foot of the slope waiting for the next grim delivery.

更多的士兵则蹲在坡脚那儿静穆地等待着下一次尸体的运付，他们的制服外面套着层透明塑料布。

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Job prospects were grim though, and she said she'd take anything, even "working for a family" (a euphemism for domestic service).

工作前景很糟糕，她说她什么也做不了，“对家庭也一样”（家政服务的委婉说法）。

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After nearly three years, I began to dread opening case files and reading the grim details.

工作三年后，我变得不敢打开犯罪卷宗，不敢阅读那些冷血残酷的细节。

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Ancient medical practitioners sometimes cut tumors out, but the prognosis was known to be grim .

古时候的从医人员有时候会切除肿瘤，但预后诊断通常都不乐观。

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