Examples of using Dire in English and their translations into Chinese
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Nearly 30 million sick and premature newborns in dire need of treatment every year.
For that matter… so were Dire Straits.
The consequences of failing to act are dire indeed.
In order to address the dire condition of our infrastructure and start creating jobs, we need a bipartisan and strategic plan that provides long-term funding.
That, in turn, has contributed to a homeless crisis so dire that several cities in Northern California have declared a State of Emergency.
I could never sell Leonidas, no matter how dire my need, because I did not think it right to buy and sell men.
The Secretary-General should consider improving the facilities at the ECA conference centre, including historic Africa Hall, which was in dire need of repair.
But because of the potentially dire consequences, parents should look for signs that their child is being bullied, he advised.
The conflict continued to disrupt health-care services, including dire shortages of essential medicines, supplies and health-care workers, especially those trained in emergency care.
The situation of women was dire, according to several witnesses, and the condition of minors was no less appalling.
He notes the dire need for investment to improve the standard of respect for social and economic rights and to implement measures assisting vulnerable groups.
The dire consequences of such an event are powerful enough, without the need to include any supernatural or fantastic motifs.
The camps also face dire shortages of food and medicine in what has quickly become one of the world's largest refugee settlements.
They recognized Burundi' s dire economic and social conditions and the need for the donor community to expand assistance for Burundi.
The ensuing silence had dire consequences, as the many girls and young women still seeing Dr. Nassar received no warning.
The global sovereign debt system is in dire need of harmonization as sovereign debt crisis resolution is governed by loose networks and ad hoc arrangements.
Years of repression, deprivation and dire socio-economic conditions have severely affected the mental well being of the majority of citizens.
Now the situation is very dire as you all know, the Party and nation are very anxious, the whole society is worried.
The members of the Council expressed their concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen and agreed that it required an urgent response.
Living conditions in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh are dire, where outbreaks of multiple vaccine-preventable diseases are springing up among the population.