depressing; dreary 压抑的;沉闷的 the dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening. 阴沉的天气使下午后半段时间显得跟傍晚一样。 ■(of a person or their mood) gloomy 阴郁的 his dismal mood was not dispelled by finding the house empty. 发现房子是空的并没有使他郁闷的情绪消散。 ■(informal)pitifully or disgracefully bad (非正式)可怜的;可耻的 he shuddered as he watched his team's dismal performance. 观看他的团队可怜的表演时,他浑身发抖。
常用词组 the dismals
(archaic, informal)low spirits (古,非正式)低落的情绪 a fit of the dismals. 一阵情绪低落。
派生 dismally adverb dismalness noun 语源
late Middle English: from earlier dismal (noun), denoting the two days in each month which in medieval times were believed to be unlucky, from Anglo-Norman French dis mal, from medieval Latin dies mali 'evil days'