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dismal + noun
The team had a dismal record this season.
该队本赛季战绩惨淡。
阴沉的；凄凉的；令人忧郁的
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阴沉的；凄凉的；令人忧郁的
gloomy; causing dejection
The team had a dismal record this season.
该队本赛季战绩惨淡。
灾难性的,不幸的
Disastrous, calamitous.
引起沮丧的
causing dejection
令人失望地不足的
Disappointingly inadequate.
令人绝望的；阴郁而凄凉的
Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
The weather was so dismal that we decided to stay indoors all day.
天气非常阴沉，我们决定一整天都待在室内。
AI contextual example
His dismal performance in the exam made him think about changing his study habits.
他在考试中糟糕的表现让他考虑改变学习习惯。
AI contextual example
The team's dismal record this season has disappointed their loyal fans.
球队本赛季惨淡的战绩让忠实球迷们感到失望。
AI contextual example
the first dismal dispiriting days of November
十一月初那阴沉而令人沮丧的日子
WordNet
The team had a dismal record this season.
该队本赛季战绩惨淡。
The economic forecast is dismal.
经济前景黯淡。
常用在it作形式主语的句型中。
It was dismal to see the abandoned factory.
看到废弃的工厂令人沮丧。
Not this
He performed dismal in the exam.
Use this
He performed dismally in the exam.
dismal 是形容词，不能修饰动词 perform。应使用副词 dismally 来修饰动作。
Not this
The exam results were a dismal.
Use this
The exam results were dismal.
dismal 是形容词，前面不需要冠词 a。直接用作表语即可。
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惨败
The project was a dismal failure despite all the planning.
尽管做了所有规划，这个项目还是惨败。
糟糕的记录
The team has a dismal record this season.
这个队本赛季的记录很糟糕。
阴沉的天气
We stayed indoors because of the dismal weather.
因为天气阴沉，我们呆在室内。
糟糕的表现
The company's dismal performance led to layoffs.
公司糟糕的表现导致了裁员。
暗淡的前景
The economic outlook remains dismal.
经济前景依然暗淡。
暗淡的未来
Without education, their future looks dismal.
没有教育，他们的未来看起来暗淡。
彻底的失败
The project was a dismal failure due to poor planning.
由于规划不当，该项目彻底失败了。
沉闷的科学（指经济学）
Many students find economics to be the dismal science.
许多学生认为经济学是沉闷的科学。
暗淡的前景
The company has a dismal outlook for the next quarter.
该公司下个季度的前景暗淡。
令人沮丧的科学（指经济学）
Many people find economics a dismal science.
许多人认为经济学是一门令人沮丧的科学。
通往山的路漫长而阴郁。
The journey through the forest was long and the way was dismal.
穿越森林的旅程漫长而阴郁。
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dismal发音似'低丧'，联想到心情低沉、神情沮丧，即阴沉的、凄凉的。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学、新闻报道、正式描述 该词多用于正式或书面语境，如文学作品、新闻报道中描述令人沮丧或阴沉的场景，日常口语中较少使用。
These words share the spelling ending '-mal', but note that they do not rhyme with 'dismal' because the stressed vowel differs. 'Dismal' has /ɪ/ in the stressed syllable, while these words have various other vowels. No exact rhymes are provided.
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