dire

形容词 dire:

1. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
   同义词：desperate
2. causing fear or dread or terror
   同义词：awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

1. A dire economic forecast; dire threats.
   紧急经济预报; 严重威胁
2. "You'll be in dire trouble if you don't watch out."
   "你若不小心，就会有可怕的麻烦。"
3. In dire need; dire poverty.
   紧急需要; 极端缺乏

dire

adj.（形容词）
dir.er,dir.est
Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
可怕的：死亡或恐怖后果的警告的；灾难的：
例句：
a dire economic forecast; dire threats.
紧急经济预报；严重威胁

Urgent; desperate:
紧急的；急需的：
例句：
in dire need; dire poverty.
紧急需要；极端缺乏

来源：
Latin dorus [fearsome, terrible] ; akin to Greek deinos
拉丁语 dorus [可怕的，烦恼的] ；类似于 希腊语 deinos

【引伸】
dire.ly
adv.（副词）
dire.ness
n.（名词）