Poverty has become a critical issue in today's world.

贫穷如今已经成为了一个很严峻的问题。

This grim trend is expected to accelerate.

这一严峻的趋预计将加速。

It's grim and it's not getting better.

情况很严峻，而且不会好转。

The global economy may be prone to harsher boom-bust cycles than national economies individually.

和独立的各国经相比，全球性经更容易受到经高涨萧条周期的严峻影响。

We shouldn't be daunted by the challenges we face.

严峻的挑战不会击垮我们。

Actually, the Republicans' plight may be still bleaker.

实际上共和党人面临的问题或许更加严峻。

As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, instability and uncertainty are mounting on the international landscape, and the global economy continues to face grave challenges.

新冠肺炎疫情仍在全球蔓延，国际不稳定不确定因素增多，世界经复杂严峻。

The five-match final was also a tough test of endurance — both mentally and physically — for young star Wang Chuqin, who lost to Harimoto in his first match but bounced back to win the fifth match for Team China.

对年轻的明星手王楚钦来说，五场决赛对他的耐力也是一次严峻的考验——无论是神上还是身体上。他在首场比赛输给了张本智和，但在第五场比赛反弹，为国队赢得了胜利。

Twilight combined with the scenery of Egdon Heath to evolve a thing majestic without severity, impressive without showiness, emphatic in its admonitions, grand in its simplicity.

苍茫暮色与埃格敦荒原的景物结合起来，演化出一种景象，庄重而不严峻，动人而不艳丽，它的警诫缓慢有力，它的简朴宏大壮观。

Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.

更加严峻的困难包括极冷的天气状况和巨大的风暴。

But in another way, the sombre warnings are apt, and profoundly depressing.

但从另一方面说，严峻的警告是明智的，让人深感压抑。

Looks like I have a meeting with a very severe-looking pollster.

看来我要和神情严峻的民调专家开会了。

It has become a grimly reliable annual ritual: every January the cost of traveling by train rises, imposing a significant extra burden on those who have no option but to use the rail network to get to work or otherwise.

这已经成为一个严峻、铁打不动的年度惯例：每年1月，乘坐火车的费用都会增加，给那些别无择只能使用铁路网络上班或其他的人带来巨大的额外负担。

The contest takes up to seven days to complete and is a challenging test of fitness and strength even for world-class athletes who compete for distinction and a cash prize.

这项比赛历时七天，即使对那些为荣誉和奖金而赛的世界一流运动员来说，这项比赛也是对体能和力量的严峻考验。

At the age of nine he ends up in a miserable, grim workhouse.

他九岁时，在一个悲惨、严峻的作坊工作。

It may be a stern truth—but we make it all the more so by focusing only on its darkest dimensions.

这可能是个非常严峻的事实——但如果只关注最黑暗的一面，事实会更加残酷。

But as the day wore on, the going got tougher and the air strikes increased.

但随着时间的推移，变得更加严峻，空袭也越来越频繁。

Most recently, Toyota, a top Olympic sponsor said that the company's concerned about the public frustration against hosting the games in the middle of rising COVID-19 cases in Japan and a strained medical system.

近日，东京奥运会顶级赞助商——丰田公司称，日本新冠肺炎确诊病例居高不下，医疗系统面临严峻考验，公众对奥运会的举办感到失望，公司对此感到担忧。

" Patience" , as University President Kingman Brewster Jr. told incoming members of a Yale college class, " is not come by easily in a world for which survival is a serious question."

但正如耶鲁大学前校长金曼·布鲁斯特（Kingman Brewster Jr.）在开学演讲时所说：“在一个生存都是严峻问题的世界里，耐心并不容易获得。”

I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts.

我已经与气候变化抗争了二十年，人们不断问我，在极端天气和严峻前景之下，我是如何抱有希望的。