dismal 是什么意思
adj. 凄凉的，忧郁的；阴沉的，沉闷的
dismal 记忆方法
1. Latin dies "days" (see diurnal) + mali, plural of malus "bad" (see mal-).
2. days => Latin dies.
3. days mal-.
4. Etymologically, dismal means 'bad days'.
dismal 中文词源
dismal 凄凉的，阴沉的
来自拉丁语dies mali, 即malicious day. 后用做形容词，凄凉的，阴沉的。
英语词源
dismaldismal: [13] Etymologically, dismal means ‘bad day’. It comes, via Anglo-Norman dis mal, from Latin diēs malī, literally ‘evil days’, a term used to denote the two days in each month which according to anci
dismal 权威例句
- 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。
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- 3. It was a dismal failure.
- 这是个让人沮丧的失败。
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- 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。
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- 5. That is a rather dismal melody.
- 那是一支相当忧郁的歌曲.
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dismal 造句
- 1. 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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- 2. There is at least one factor preventing a migration to exchanges, though it will not give Democrats much solace. State governments are making dismal progress towards creating exchanges.
- 尽管不能给民主党一丝安慰，但至少有这样一个因素阻止向兑换的转移：联邦政府正在为创造兑换而沉闷地迈着前进的步子。
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- 3. Not even the most dismal orthodox economist would claim that material wealth is a substitute for kinship.
- 就连最阴沉的正统经济学家也不会声称，物质财富可以替代亲情。
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- 4. The rooms were cruelly dismal with their walls on guard like policemen.
- 教室里，四面墙壁像警察一样看守着我们，特别地沉闷。
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- 5. Should the United States, with its rather dismal record in nation building and its indifferent success in Iraq and Afghanistan, throw its resources for such a project?
- 美国——在帮助建国的记录中沉闷抑郁，而在伊拉克和阿富汗取得了无关紧要的成功——应该为这一项目投入资源吗？
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- 6. 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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- 7. Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was running errands and found myself feeling depressed.
- 四年过去了，这年春天的一个下午，天气阴沉郁闷，我外出办事感到心情压抑。
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- 8. 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？
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- 9. There is no path to guide us out of this dismal maze.
- 没有任何指引我们跳出这阴惨的迷津的道路！
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- 10. That is one reason that the performance of several of them has been so dismal.
- 这正是他们中一些为什么表现得如此不尽人意的原因之一。
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- 11. I uttered an ejaculation of discontent at seeing the dismal grate, and commenced shutting the casements, one after another, till I came to his.
- 我一看到那阴暗的炉子便发出一声不满意的惊叫，我开始关窗子，一扇一扇地关，直到我来到他靠着的那扇窗子跟前。
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- 12. Such scenes had once appeared not otherwise than happy, but now, as viewed through the dismal medium of her subsequent life, they classed themselves among her ugliest remembrances.
- 这种情景也曾经作为幸福而出现过；但如今，透过她随之而来的生活的悲惨的折射，只能归类于她回忆中最不堪入目的部分了。
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- 13. But Copeland, an only child, is far from feeling dismal and finds it ironic that people in her life with children often complain about their lifestyles.
- 但是作为一个独生女，科普兰还远远没有感觉凄惨，而且感到讽刺的是，她所认识的那些有孩子的人常常抱怨他们的生活方式。
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- 14. But after a decade of dismal returns it is time for them to act.
- 但是在经历了十年的惨淡光景之后，他们是时候采取行动了。
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- 15. But after a decade of dismal returns it is time for them to act.
- 但是在经历了十年的惨淡光景之后，他们是时候采取行动了。
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