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adj.阴沉的³⁵;凄凉的⁴⁷;暗的¹⁸副词dismally名词dismalness
光失望沮丧悲伤沮丧忧郁，沮丧
adj.形容词
阴沉的，凄凉的，令人忧郁的dark and gloomy;dreary
Adjective:
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 中世纪时期的西方历书中，每月都有两天为不吉之日，不宜处理任何事务。西方人将这些不吉之日称为“埃及日子”，因为它们是从埃及流传过来的。在拉丁文中则用dies mali来表示这些不吉之日。该短语后来经由法语进入英语后拼写为dismal，词性也从名词变成了形容词，表示“不吉利的”。16世纪以后词义也发生了变化，先是由“不吉利的”变为“灾难性的”，以后又逐渐弱化为我们至今还在使用的“阴郁的”、“阴沉的”等义。
用作形容词 adj.
动词+～feel dismal觉得忧郁～+名词dismal weather阴沉的天气
钱博士di日子+s拉丁语名词词尾-es的残余+mal坏的→坏日子，不祥的日子⇒转作形容词阴郁的，阴沉的，沉闷的
词根di-天，日来自拉丁语。它和拉丁词根de-神灵最终都源自原始印欧语词根*dyeu-闪亮，天。词根mal-坏，错来自拉丁语，和拉丁词根ben-/bon-好含义相反。
词源解释中世纪时期的西方历书中，每月都有两天为不吉之日，不宜处理任何事务。西方人将这些不吉之日称为“埃及日子”，因为它们是从埃及流传过来的。在拉丁文中则用dies mali来表示这些不吉之日。该短语后来经由法语进入英语后拼写为dismal，词性也从名词变成了形容词，表示“不吉利的”。16世纪以后词义也发生了变化，先是由“不吉利的”变为“灾难性的”，以后又逐渐弱化为我们至今还在使用的“阴郁的”、“阴沉的”等义。GRE红宝书在中世纪的英国指不吉利的日子dis = day, mal邪恶的, 坏的dismay使气馁使你dismal
dis + mal不好，坏，反常， dis 与mal都是否定及不好的意思，原指魔鬼或地狱般的日子，具足地狱的特点；已经学过的dism开头的，dismiss or dismay 都是使人沮丧的di日子+s拉丁语名词词尾-es的残余+mal坏的→坏日子，不祥的日子⇒转作形容词阴郁的，阴沉的，沉闷的。近义词 black黑的dark黑暗的blue蓝色的grey灰色的grim严厉的dull呆滞的bleak萧瑟的murky黑暗的drear阴沉的dingy肮脏的gloomy阴暗的dreary沉闷的cloudy多云的somber微暗的solemn庄严的sullen愠怒的drab土褐色的painful痛苦的doleful悲哀的sorry对不起的melancholy忧郁overcast阴天的glum闷闷不乐的desolate荒凉的miserable痛苦的cheerless沉闷的funereal适合葬礼的disconsolate忧郁的comfortless无安慰的depressing令人沮丧的反义词 merry愉快的cheerful高兴的
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.The dismal weather hung on for days.阴沉的天气持续了数日。
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+～I often see her remainingdismal.我常看到她精神忧郁。
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用作形容词We were all depressed by thedismalweather.阴沉的天气让我们都感到压抑。
He tossed about until the appearance of thedismalLondon 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。
Africa will be the highlight of an otherwisedismalyear.非洲将是这异常凄凉的一年里的亮点。
There was something to celebrate about amid thedismalenvironment 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。adj.bleak, dreary, gloomy
同义词 depressing,dim,discouraging,disheartening,dull,ghastly,horrible,horrid,miserable,murky,sadafflictive,black,boring,cheerless,cloudy,dark,depressed,desolate,despondent,dingy,disagreeable,dispiriting,doleful,dolorous,forlorn,frowning,funereal,gruesome,hopeless,in the pits,inauspicious,joyless,lonesome,lowering,lugubrious,melancholy,monotonous,morbid,oppressive,overcast,shadowy,somber,sorrowful,tedious,tenebrous,troublesome,unfortunate,unhappy
反义词 bright,cheerful,clear,encouraging,favorable,happy,intelligent,joyful,light,luminous,pleasant,smartglad,hopeful
blackadjective gloomy;dismal
bleak,depressing,depressive,dispiriting,distressing,doleful,dreary,funereal,gloomy,grim,hopeless,horrible,lugubrious,morose,mournful,ominous,oppressive,sad,somber
bleakadjective depressing
black,cheerless,comfortless,dark,discouraging,disheartening,dismal,drear,dreary,funereal,gloomy,grim,hard,harsh,hopeless,joyless,lonely,melancholy,mournful,oppressive,sad,somber,unpromising
bleakeradjective depressing
black,cheerless,comfortless,dark,discouraging,disheartening,dismal,drear,dreary,funereal,gloomy,grim,hard,harsh,hopeless,joyless,lonely,melancholy,mournful,oppressive,sad,somber,unpromising
bleakestadjective depressing
black,cheerless,comfortless,dark,discouraging,disheartening,dismal,drear,dreary,funereal,gloomy,grim,hard,harsh,hopeless,joyless,lonely,melancholy,mournful,oppressive,sad,somber,unpromising
blueadjective sad
dejected,depressed,despondent,disconsolate,dismal,dispirited,down in the dumps,downcast,downhearted,fed up,gloomy,glum,low,melancholy,moody,unhappy,woebegone
cheerlessadjective depressing, unhappy
austere,black,bleak,blue,comfortless,dark,dejected,dejecting,depressed,desolate,despondent,disconsolate,dismal,dispiriting,dolorous,drab,draggy,drearisome,dreary,dull,forlorn,funereal,gloomy,grim,in the dumps,jarring,joyless,melancholy,miserable,mopey,mournful,oppressive,sad,somber,sorrowful,sullen,tenebrific,uncomfortable,wintry,woebegone,woeful And they suggest that political science, not economics, is the true dismal science.
它们揭示，是政治科学，而非经济学，是真正灰暗的科学。 yeeyan
Closely following the jailer into the dismal apartment, appeared that individual of singular aspect, whose presence in the crowd had been of such deep interest to the wearer of the scarlet letter.
那个外表奇特的陌生人紧跟在看守身后走进了凄凉的牢房，他上午在人群中露面的时候，曾经引起了红字佩戴者的深切注意。 hjenglish
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。 ecocn
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。 yeeyan
But the broader question reached beyond politics and into the realm of the dismal science itself.
显然，这个大问题已经超出了政治范畴，进入了经济学这一沉闷科学的领域。 yeeyan
Economics is“the dismal science,” in part because it puts a price tag on the pleasure of moralizing.
经济学是一门“沉闷的科学”，部分原因是它给说教的乐趣贴上了价格的标签。 edu.sina.com.cn
FAMED for its dismal climate, Britain is not an obvious pioneer of solar energy.
以阴沉的天气著称的英国并不是显著的太阳能应用先锋。 ecocn
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。 kekenet
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？ yeeyan
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。21cn
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？ bbs.internet.org.cn
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。 hjenglish
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。 yeeyan
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。 yeeyan
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。 yeeyan
Throughout2010 inflation ran at or above3%. That is a pretty dismal record, but it will get even more wretched this year as inflation heads above4%.
纵观2010年全年，通货膨胀持续保持或高于3%，这是个可怕的数字，但是今年它将更为令人痛苦，因为通货膨胀率将超过4%。 ecocn |