a.

1. 荒涼的；無遮蔽的，遭受風吹雨打的
   Thousands of trees were planted on the bleak hillside last year.

   去年在荒涼的山坡上種了數以千計的樹。

2. 寒冷刺骨的，陰冷的
   I don't like the bleak winters in Moscow.

   我不喜歡莫斯科的嚴冬。

3. 淒涼的，陰暗的，無希望的
   The future looked bleak.

   前途渺茫。

4. 冷酷的，嚴峻的
5. 單調的，乏味的
   This is the bleakest novel I've ever read.

   這是我讀過的小說中最乏味的一本。

adj.

1. bare and exposed to the elements:
   a bleak moor.
   ▸charmless and inhospitable; dreary.
   ▸(of the weather) cold and miserable.
2. (of a situation) not hopeful or encouraging.

n.