Next year could be grimmer still.

明年的情况很可能更糟糕。

Things could yet get a lot grimmer.

情况也许会变得更糟。

But things are getting grimmer by the day.

但情况日渐严峻。

Other scholars reach somewhat grimmer conclusions.

其他学者得出的结论有些令人沮丧。

In Europe and Japan the situation is far grimmer.

在欧洲和日本，形式远不止是严峻。