dismal
/ˈdɪzməl/adjective
1- 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。
1.1
- (of a person or their mood) gloomy（人, 情绪）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。
1.2
- 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。
短语
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。
派生词
dismally
adverbdismalness
noun词源
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'.