dismal
dismal 英 [ˈdɪzməl] 美 [ˈdɪzməl]
adj. 凄凉的，忧郁的；阴沉的，沉闷的 n. 低落的情绪
- Dismal is a dreary, depressing sort of bad. "With the cold rain and their team behind by six field goals, the mood in the stands was so dismal even the cheerleaders had lost their 'Rah.'"
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- adj. 凄凉的，忧郁的；阴沉的，沉闷的
- n. 低落的情绪
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1. 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。
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2. The dismal science, it seems, is an optimistic profession.
这种沉闷的科学似乎是一种乐观的职业。
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3. How could there be such dismal failure within and such brilliant success outside?
怎么会有这种外部是辉煌成就而内心是阴暗的失败？
- dismal (adj.) c. 1400, from Anglo-French dismal (mid-13c.), from Old French (li) dis mals "(the) bad days," from Medieval Latin dies mali "evil or unlucky days" (also called dies Ægyptiaci), from Latin dies "days" (from PIE root *dyeu- "to shine") + mali, plural of malus "bad" (from PIE root *mel- (3) "false, bad, wrong").
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