adj. 1.阴郁的,惨淡的,凄凉的;忧郁的,(叫声等)凄惨的。 2.沉闷的,无趣的。 3.〔废语〕可怕的。 短语和例子 a dismal face 忧郁的面孔。 a dismal room 阴暗的房间。 the dismal days of winter 萧瑟的冬天。 the dismal science 沉闷的科学〔英美等国指政治经济学而言〕。 a dismal incidents 不如意的事。 n. 1.〔美南部〕沼地。 2.〔the dismals〕 〔口语〕忧郁。 adv. -ly
causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" 同义词:blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary,
例句与用法
1.
The picture for africa is even more dismal . 非洲的情况更令人沮丧。
2.
The land is in a dismal condition . 那片土地是一片阴郁惨淡的景象。
3.
The dismal wind was muttering round the house . 屋外阴风飒飒。
4.
I lived two years in this dismal condition . 在这种悲惨的环境里我过了两年。
5.
Her speech continued in the same dismal strain . 她以悲伤的语调接着往下说。
6.
That was a dismal revelation to me . 这个道理可叫我发愁。
7.
Some of the lessons were stimulating, some dismal . 有些经验教训令人兴奋,有些却是可悲的。
8.
He was rather dismal . 他有点儿闷闷不乐。
9.
It was the sixth of october, dismal and cold out of doors . 那天是10月6日,户外一片阴霾,寒气逼人。
10.
The future, had she regarded it, offered a dismal prospect . 如果她睁开眼睛看看将来,那景色更是荒凉。