英语释义

• in a dreadful manner;

  "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"

• in a cheerless manner;

  "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"

片语

tediouslyad 沉闷地；冗长而乏味地

heavilyad 在很大程度上；严重地；大量地； 以猛力，沉重地；缓慢又高声地；缓慢而忧郁地，悲伤地； 令人心情沉重

英汉例句

• in addition, us citizens have a dismally low savings rate and a huge amount of credit card debt.

  此外，美国居民还有极低的储蓄率和高额的信用卡债务。

• students also performed dismally on the english tests, with 53 percent passing, down from 77 percent.

  英语考试的成绩同样令人郁闷，通过率从77%下降到53%。

• he could see quite clearly how he had failed so dismally with alice and how tom had taken over so easily.

  他十分清楚自己如何在爱丽丝身上败得这么惨，而汤姆又是如何轻而易举便得到了她。

• it shows that iraqis are beginning to believe in their ability to stand on their own feet. and it flashes a ray of light at the end of iraq’s still dismally dark tunnel.

  这预示着现实可能性的离散范围在缩小，伊拉克人开始相信他们有能力照顾好自己，如同伊拉克已依旧阴暗的隧道尽头闪现出一丝希望的光芒。

• yet most sudanese beyond the capital remain dismally poor, and the country「s natural potential, especially in agriculture, remains hugely under-exploited.

  然而大多数首都外的苏丹人仍然极端贫困，而这个国家的自然潜力特别是农业仍然未能得到有效开发。

• in an array of services, from education to health care, from providing security to preserving the environment, the public sector has failed dismally while the private side has picked up the slack.

  让我们再来看看肯尼亚的社会服务：从教育到医疗保健以及从国家安全到环境保护，公有经济总是败得很糟糕而私有经济也往往能完成救民于水深火热的重任。

• this irregularity has been one of the main reasons (along with red tape and corruption) why the country has failed dismally to attract much-needed foreign direct investment.

  这种不规律性是导致该国很难吸引其急需的外国直接投资的主要原因之一（另外还有繁琐的公事程序和腐败）。现在这类投资总额（作为

• the results have heightened the party」s fears that it will do dismally in assembly polls next month in uttar pradesh, india「s most populous state, once a congress stronghold.

  该结果增加了国大党下月在北方邦集会选举失败的心里阴影。北方邦是印度第一人口大省，也曾是国大党的战略要地。

• america may not quite lead the world in gun murders (south africa probably holds that dubious title) but it has a dismally prominent position.

  在这个方面美国虽然还没同样雄居世界首位（南非更可能获此头衔），不过也令人郁闷的取得了「卓越」的位置。

• none of this is likely to be on hand if you cannot even afford to mend the dismally few highways you have, or have no insurance policy against sickness or starva- tion beyond a pig in the back shed.

  如果你甚至不能承担仅有的几条高速公路的维修，或者不能为后院蓄养的一头猪购买保险以对抗疾病或者饑饿，那么所有以上这些你都不可能抓在手上。

• and those who remain are failing dismally to adapt to the changing times.

  那些留下来的工人跟不上时代的变化，落在了时代的后面。

• forthcoming bulletins from the office for national statistics (ons) on february 26th and march 30th could well change this week’s dismally low figure for gdp growth in the fourth quarter.

  国家数据办公室（ons）2月26日和3月30日即将发出的公告会大大改变这周所颁布的第四季度很低的gdp增长值。

• in the wake of the ahmadi killings, some indonesians point not just to the absence of the state when it is needed—the police failed dismally to protect the rights, let alone lives, of the ahmadis.

  艾哈迈迪遭暗杀之后印尼人不仅指出当需要的时候必须无州化---警察保护艾哈迈迪的权利抑郁地失败了，更不用提他的命了。

• in particular, it’s a policy that failed dismally the last time it was tried here, during the nixon administration.

  尤其需要指出的是，这种政策上次曾在美国试验过，结果是悲惨地失败。

• although they may have been cheaper and more durable, both the original astroturf and its second-generation imitations failed dismally to reproduce the bounce and forgiving nature of grass.

  尽管人造草坪又便宜又耐用，但是原版的阿斯特罗草皮和它的二代仿造品都因为无法具有天然草皮的弹性和良好的柔韧型，因此销量惨淡。

• it」s too bad, then, that these days you「re not considered serious in washington unless you profess allegiance to the same doctrine that」s failing so dismally in europe.

  这实在是太糟了。如果你不拥护那些在欧洲毫无用处的教条理念，那这些天来，你没理由不担心华盛顿的窘境。

• with a population growing so fast and a government that performs so dismally in providing basic services, africa「s biggest oil producer may face a crisis unless drastic change occurs soon.

  随着尼日利亚人口飞速增长而其政府却在提供基础服务上不尽人意，这个非洲最大产油国如果不尽快进行改新革面，那么它可能会面临很大的危机。

• the doubters seemed vindicated when the team performed dismally in the cup qualifiers.

  球队在预选赛时的糟糕表现似乎证明了怀疑者的正确。

• he had been expelled from his state comprehensive school at 15, failed dismally academically and had spent his teenage years off the rails.

  15岁时，他就被一所公立综合学校开除了，从此他灰溜溜地中断了学业，误入歧途地度过了他十几岁的青春。

• 「i wish it was christmas or new year」s all the time. wouldn't it be fun?」 answered jo, yawning dismally .

  「我但愿每天都过圣诞节或者过新年，那就好玩了，」乔说着懒洋洋地打了个呵欠。

• the bjp fared dismally in five state elections in may, and the party is mired in filth of its own, notably in a mining scandal in karnataka state that led to arrests this week.

  人民党在五月五个州的选举中举步维艰，他们自己也深陷泥沼，最明显的就是在卡纳塔克州的采矿丑闻，本周已经有人因此遭到逮捕。

• the african union has dismally failed to help the continent’s starving people

  非洲联盟未能协助非洲大陆上饑饿的人民

• 「i was trying to get something for meg, who is very tired, and someone shook me, and here i am in a nice state, 」 answered jo, glancing dismally from the stained skirt to the coffee-colored glove.

  我正想弄点咖啡给梅格，她累坏了。不知谁碰了我一下，便成了这付狼狈相，「乔说着沮丧地看看弄脏了的裙子，又看看变成咖啡色的手套。

• despite his famed “g」—a dismally low grade—for his woodwork exam in his school-leaving matriculation, mr malema is no fool.

  虽然人人都知道马勒马在大学入学考试中木艺一科只取得了「g」（这是个相当低的分数），但他绝不是个傻瓜。

相似词

black黑色的；黑人的；邪恶的

bleak阴冷的；荒凉的，无遮蔽的；黯淡的，无希望的；冷酷的；单调的

cheerless阴郁的；惨淡的，无精打采的

chill寒冷；寒意；寒心

Cimmerian西米里族人

cloudy多云的；阴天的；愁容满面的

cold寒冷；感冒

comfortless不舒服的；无安慰的；不自由的

dark（Dark）《暗黑》（一部2017年Netflix出品的德国惊悚剧）

darkening变黑的；变昏暗的

depressing令人沮丧的；造成萧条的

depressive抑郁的；压抑的

desolate使荒凉；使孤寂

dire可怕的；悲惨的；极端的

disconsolate郁郁不乐的；忧郁的；孤独的

drear（文学）阴郁的，悲伤的；沉闷的，枯燥乏味的（同 dreary）

dreary沉闷的，枯燥的

forlorn被遗弃的；绝望的；孤独的

funereal悲哀的；送葬的；适合葬礼的

gloomy黑暗的；沮丧的；阴郁的

glum(Glum) （美）格卢姆（人名）

godforsaken倒霉的；堕落的；凄凉的

lonely孤独者

lonesome自己

lugubrious悲哀的，悲惨的

miserable悲惨的；痛苦的；卑鄙的

morbid病态的；由病引起的；恐怖的；病变部位的

morose郁闷的；孤僻的

murky黑暗的；朦胧的；阴郁的

plutonian冥王星的；冥界的；深成巖的

saturnine忧郁的；阴沉的；铅中毒的；沉默寡言的

sepulchral阴森森的；坟墓的，丧葬的

solemn庄严的，严肃的；隆重的，郑重的

sullen愠怒的，不高兴的；（天气）阴沉的；沉闷的

sunless阳光照射不到的，阴暗的

tenebrific dark and gloomy

同义词： tenebrous tenebrious

tenebrous黑暗的；阴暗的；晦涩的

wretched可怜的；卑鄙的；令人苦恼或难受的

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bright(Bright)人名；(英)布赖特

cheerful快乐的；愉快的；高兴的

cheering欢呼；喝彩

cheery愉快的，活泼的

comforting安慰（comfort的ing形式）

cordial甜果汁饮料；镇定药；兴奋剂；甜香酒

festive节日的；喜庆的；欢乐的

friendly友好的；亲切的；支持的；融洽的，和睦的

gay(Gay)人名；(西)加伊；(英、法、瑞典、毛里塔)盖伊

heartwarming感人的；暖人心房的

sunshiny晴朗的；阳光照耀的；向阳极好的