In europe and japan the situation is far grimmer .

在欧洲和日本，形式远不止是严峻。

Next year could be grimmer still .

明年的情况很可能更糟糕。

However , other statistics make grimmer reading .

不过，其它统计数据给出了更严酷的解读。

However , the fundamentals are much grimmer . France has not balanced its books since 1974 .

然而现实却是残酷的，自1974年以来，法国从未实现过预算平衡。

Citigroup ( c , fortune 500 ) reported a $ 2.5 billion quarterly loss friday , which was actually better than wall street 's grimmer projections .

周五，花旗银行公布了一项25亿美元的损失，这同样高于华尔街之前的悲观预期。