dismal
英语
编辑词源
编辑源自盎格鲁-诺曼语 dismal,源自古法语(li)dis mals(“不好的日子”),源自中世纪拉丁语 diēs (“日子”) mālī (“不好的”)。
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编辑形容词
编辑dismal (比较级 more dismal,最高级 most dismal)
- 灾难性的,惨痛的,糟糕的
- 不足的,令人失望的
- He received a dismal compensation.
- 他得到的补偿微不足道。
- 忧伤的,忧郁的,悲伤的
- The storm made for a dismal weekend
- 由于风暴来袭,周末变得很阴郁。
- 忧郁的,沉闷的,压抑的
- She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair
- 她沉浸在阴郁的绝望中。
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, 章号 12, 出自 Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all. It looked like a tomb and smelt pretty nigh as musty and dead-and-gone.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
用法说明
编辑- “dismal”常修饰的词汇:failure、performance、state、record、place、result、scene、season、year、economy、future、fate、weather、news、condition、history。