the doldrums
noun[plural]
uk/ˈdɒl.drəmz/us/ˈdoʊl.drəmz/in the doldrums
informal
unsuccessfulorshowingnoactivityordevelopment:
不顺利的；停滞的，没有进展的Hercareerwas in thedoldrumsduring thoseyears.那些年她的事业一直没有什么起色。
informal
aperiodof beingsadorboredand with noenergyorenthusiasm:
I don'tknowwhy but I'm in thedoldrumstoday.
There's a newcinematicreleasethisweek, just intimetorescueus from thewinterdoldrums.
Don'tletthe post-holidaydoldrumsruinyourspirits!
She got a newpuppyand thatliftedherrightout of thedoldrums.
He just can'thandlethedoldrumsof having an unexcitingofficejob- hewantsfameandglamour.
Synonyms
blue(SAD)informal
dejected
depressed
despondent
dispirited
doleful
dolorousliterary
down
downcast
downhearted
(down) in thedumps
gloomy
gluminformal
low
low-spirited
melancholy
miserable(UNHAPPY)
mournful
plaintive
sad(NOT HAPPY)
sorrowfulliterary
unhappy
Feeling sad and unhappy
- a dog's lifeidiom
- a long faceidiom
- angsty
- be cut upidiom
- be down in the mouthidiom
- be in a funkidiom
- be in bitsidiom
- distraught
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- lovelorn
- lovesick
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- wistful
- wistfully
- woe
- woe is meidiom
- woebegone
the doldrumsnoun[plural](SEA)
old-fashioned
anareaofseawhereshipsareunabletomovebecause there is nowind
赤道无风带Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- chart
- circumnavigation
- foghorn
- lane
- lighthouse
- narrows
- navigability
- navigable
- navigational
- passage
- pilot
- quadrant
- refloat
- sextant
- shipwreck
- sonar
- the Pole Star
- yaw
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