I cannot escape the Grim Reaper.

我无法逃脱死神。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Now, he describes in pretty harsh and even grim terms what you can do to people who violate the law of nature.

他用很强硬甚至可怕的字眼描述,你可以怎样对待违反自然法的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

You could see the kind of grim refusal to apologize for "boughten friendship," as a kind of, well, as a kind of apology for his own popular success.

你可以看到他无情地拒绝了,为“买来的友谊“道歉“,就像为他自己当红的成功,道歉一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选