今天我们要学的词是 bleak.

bleak 的意思是惨淡、严峻。

The democracy watchdog group, Freedom House, has released a report recently painting a bleak outlook for the way many governments are using social media. 民主监督组织“自由之家”在最近发布的一份报告中，描述出许多政府如何利用社交媒体的严峻形势。

More than 1,000 migrants and refugees have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the sixth year in a row that this "bleak milestone" has been reached, the United Nations said on Tuesday. 联合国星期二说，今年有超过1000名移民和难民在地中海身亡，这个人数已经连续第六年达到这一“黯淡的指标”。