dismal
英語[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
源自盎格魯-諾曼語 dismal,源自古法語(li)dis mals(「不好的日子」),源自中世紀拉丁語 diēs (「日子」) mālī (「不好的」)。
發音[編輯]
形容詞[編輯]
dismal (比較級 more dismal,最高級 most dismal)
- 災難性的,慘痛的,糟糕的
- 不足的,令人失望的
- He received a dismal compensation.
- 他得到的補償微不足道。
- 憂傷的,憂鬱的,悲傷的
- The storm made for a dismal weekend
- 由於風暴來襲,周末變得很陰鬱。
- 憂鬱的,沉悶的,壓抑的
- She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair
- 她沉浸在陰鬱的絕望中。
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, 章號 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.
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用法說明[編輯]
- 「dismal」常修飾的詞彙:failure、performance、state、record、place、result、scene、season、year、economy、future、fate、weather、news、condition、history。