dismally

英

美

adv.  沉闷地；阴暗地

BNC.20320 / COCA.29394

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 忧郁的;凄凉的;令人沮丧的
  Something that isdismalis bad in a sad or depressing way.
  1. ...Israel's dismal record in the Olympics...
     以色列在奥运会上让人沮丧的记录
  2. 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。
  3. It was a dismal failure.
     这是个让人沮丧的失败。
• ADJ-GRADED (尤指外表)阴暗的，阴沉的，沉闷的
  Something that isdismalis sad and depressing, especially in appearance.
  1. The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal but the children's ward is really lively.
     医院的主体部分死气沉沉，但是儿科病房却充满生气。
  2. ...a dark dismal day with rain falling steadily...
     天空昏暗、阴雨绵绵的一天
  3. You can't occupy yourself with dismal thoughts all the time.
     不要终日陷在阴郁的思绪中。

英英释义

adv

• in a dreadful manner
  1. as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed
  Synonym:dreadfully
• in a cheerless manner
  1. in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future
  Synonym:drearily

双语例句

• History is full of examples of mergers born in high hope that failed dismally.
  历史上充满了这样的并购案例：人们赋予了很高的期望，最后却输得很惨。
• In fact, Chinese stocks have performed dismally over the period regardless of where they were traded.
  事实上，在这一时期里，中国上市公司股票的走势都很惨淡，不论它们的上市地点是在哪里。
• It was very long, narrow, and dismally low, with pointed Gothic windows and a ceiling of oak.
  房间很长，很狭，暗沉沉，低压压，哥特式的尖窗子，橡木的天花板。
• Outside, the wind began to howl. It shook the window frames, causing the paper pasted over the wooden latticework to cry out dismally.
  风开始在外面怒吼，猛烈地摇撼着窗户，把窗格上糊的纸吹打得凄惨地叫。
• It is, moreover, in the interests of both Greece and its creditors for it to raise its dismally low productivity through structural reforms.
  此外，通过结构性改革提高希腊极低的生产率，符合希腊和债权人双方的利益。
• It is quite a novelty to have the blinds up, and the shutters open; and they make themselves dismally comfortable over bottles of wine, which are freely broached as on a festival.
  窗帘已经卷上，百叶窗已经拉开，这是件不同于前几天的新鲜事情。他们像过节一般尽情地喝着一瓶瓶的酒，以此消愁解忧。他们都很喜欢劝善戒恶。
• In western Africa, progress towards adoption of contraception has been dismally slow.
  在非洲西部国家，避孕的进展令人沮丧、相当缓慢。
• The dog faintly and dismally wagged its tail, then lowered his haunches, circled round, and lay down again.
  小猎狗垂头丧气地微微摇了摇尾巴，垂下屁股，蜷作一团，又躺下了。
• And so it goes dismally on.
  这一过程周而复始，恶性循环由此而生。
• The rest of the day passed slowly, dismally.
  这一天剩下的时间过得漫长又沉默。