1·We face the grim prospect of still higher unemployment.
我们面临着失业率进一步上升的暗淡前景。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The staff now face the grim prospect of redundancy.
全体职员现在面临著差到不能再差的裁员前景。
3·Gordon Brown faces the grim prospect of probable defeat in a May election.
戈登·布朗在五月的选举前景暗淡，极可能落败。
4·It is a grim prospect. Indeed, it is hard to be optimistic about Afghanistan in 2010.
前景令人担忧，人们确实很难对2010年的阿富汗局势抱有乐观的态度。
5·Saturday morning dawns and, in spite of the grim events of the previous day, we are all excited by the prospect of a dawn trip on the river.
星期六的黎明来到了，尽管前一天发生了不幸事故，我们对清晨要去河上泛舟还是感到很兴奋。