dismal

英['dɪzməl] 美['dɪzməl]
  • adj. 阴沉的;凄凉的;暗的
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  • disability n.无力;无能;残疾;不利条件
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 凄凉的,惨淡的,凄惨的
    2. 忧郁的,阴郁的
    3. 沉闷的,无趣的
    4. 阴暗的,阴沉的,阴惨惨的, 阴森森的
    5. 令人悲伤的
    6. 使人惊恐的,可怕的,阴森可怕的
    7. <口>软弱无力的
    8. 不熟练的
    9. 差劲的,不怎么样的
    n. (名词)
    1. 令人忧郁的事
    2. 沮丧,低落的情绪
    3. 抑郁,忧郁
    4. <美方>沼泽地, 浅沼泽
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的 dark and gloomy;dreary

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. 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"

1. My prospects of returning to a suitable job are dismal.
我重新找到一个合适的工作岗位的希望很渺茫。

来自柯林斯例句

2. You can't occupy yourself with dismal thoughts all the time.
不要终日陷在阴郁的思绪中。

来自柯林斯例句

3. It was a dismal failure.
这是个让人沮丧的失败。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The singer gave a dismal performance of some old songs.
那歌手唱了几首老歌,唱得不怎么样。

来自《权威词典》

5. That is a rather dismal melody.
那是一支相当忧郁的歌曲.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. We were all depressed by the dismal weather.
      阴沉的天气让我们都感到压抑。
    2. He tossed about until the appearance of the dismal London daylight, when he sprang up desperately, and walked off to his uncle's lodgings in Bury Street.
      他翻来复去,等到伦敦那阴沉的白天开始上曙光,便一骨碌爬了起来,前往柏利街他叔父的寓所。
    3. Africa will be the highlight of an otherwise dismal year.
      非洲将是这异常凄凉的一年里的亮点。
    4. There was something to celebrate about amid the dismal environment on rocky Patmos.
      在多岩的拔摩岛凄凉的环境中,原来也有值得庆祝的事。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. The dismal weather hung on for days.
      阴沉的天气持续了数日。
    2. The author of the book painted a dismal picture of the future.
      本书的作者描述了未来的凄凉景象。
    用作表语 S+be+~
    1. I often see her remaining dismal.
      我常看到她精神忧郁。
用作形容词 (adj.)
动词+~ ~+名词