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Change log entry 41152
Processed by: richwarm (2012-05-01 20:05:50 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 40120 - submitted by 'ycandau' >>
not in dicts?

经济体前景堪忧

Editor: It's in ABC, but I'd say their definition -- "be worth serious consideration" -- is way off,
based on the examples of usage which I examined, whereas "worrying; bleak" seems to be
right on the money :-)

更令他擔心的是,一月中若有10度以下的強烈寒流來襲,園裡的草花性命堪憂。
He is even more anxious about January, when temperatures below 10°C are expected, which will put the lives of all the plants at the expo in danger.

他說,世界正朝著一個偏差的方向在走,「全民吃藥」的未來堪憂。
Hsu believes we are on the wrong track, and worries about a future in which everyone is on medication.

因此,價格低廉但安全性堪憂的產品充斥市面。
She says that Taiwan's household cleanser market is currently oriented toward "strength" and "price," so cheap but dangerous products dominate.

國家未來的整體競爭力堪憂。
the country's overall competitiveness in the future will become a cause for concern.
Diff:
+ 堪憂 堪忧 [kan1 you1] /worrying/bleak/
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