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单词 dismal
释义
dismal
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪz.məl/us
/ˈdɪz.məl/
sadand withouthope:
悲伤绝望的，忧郁茫然的
a dismalexpression悲伤绝望的表情
informal
verybad:
十分糟糕的
Theactingwas dismal, wasn't it?表演很糟糕，是不是？
What dismalweather!天气太糟糕了！
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  • dog
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  • dolefully
  • lovelorn
  • lovesick
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  • lugubriously
  • wistfully
  • woe
  • woe is meidiom
  • woebegone
  • woeful
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Not hopeful
Serious and unpleasant

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dismally
(Definition ofdismalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dismal| American Dictionary

dismal
adjective
us
/ˈdɪz·məl/
darkandsad, withouthope, or verybad:
Thetripwas a dismalfailure.
(Definition ofdismalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

dismal| Business English

dismal
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪzməl/us
verybad:
InJanuary, after a dismalholidaysalesseason, theretailerfiledforChapter11bankruptcyprotection.
dismal picture/news/outlookAnotherdamperoninvestmentis the dismalpictureforcorporateprofits.
Investors may bedeterredby thedismalperformanceoftelecomssharesinrecentweeks.
(Definition ofdismalfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdismal

dismal
The story for southern labour was equallydismal.
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In fact, all four explanations are probably involved in thedismalgrowth record of resource-rich countries, with their relative importance varying from country to country.
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Negative moods were represented as 'sad and not exciting', 'it was verydismal', 'very depressing'.
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The inability to restructure the national guard in this manner haddismallong-term consequences for that military force.
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They, the clans, never gave each other credit for trying; it had to be the exact way or else it was adismalfailure.
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At the tertiary level, achievement records are no lessdismal.
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Excluded from these data were babies who had chromosomal abnormalities withdismalprognosis, but their referrals would have no impact on the policy of management.
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Luckily, we do not have to choose between these twodismaloptions, of rational egoism or commitment to an unjust form of group agency.
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After the damp,dismalautumn and the cold winter here you are, young again and full of happiness.
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The vision, he commented, was 'dismal, but deeply felt'.
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The fact that the experiments in this direction have been suchdismalfailures so far points to the difficulties involved.
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Many such schools or orphanages underfed the children, provideddismalhousing and offered rags as clothing and bedding.
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Their longsuffering populations endured high unemployment and poverty, dwindling incomes,dismalpoliticians and uncertain futures.
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Anyone, approaching the matter from the humanistic standpoint, must condemn this as adismaldefinition of the ' ' good life.
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Thedismallongterm survival of pancreatic cancer is a result of the relatively late stage of presentation of the disease.
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