Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #23420
glumly
忧郁地；闷闷不乐地；阴郁地
in a sullen, gloomy manner
- 1.
In a glum manner.
忧郁地；闷闷不乐地
忧郁地；闷闷不乐地；忧郁地；闷闷不乐地; 阴郁地
In use
After losing the game, he stared glumly at the floor.
She shrugged glumly when I asked about her job interview.
They sat glumly in the waiting room, saying nothing.
do sth glumly
此结构中副词位于动词之后，强调动作进行时的忧郁状态。
He stared at the floor glumly.
他忧郁地盯着地板。
glumly do sth
此结构中副词位于动词之前，同样表示动作以忧郁的方式进行。
She glumly accepted the decision.
她闷闷不乐地接受了这个决定。
Common mistakes
He looked at me glum.He looked at me glumly.
looked at 是动词短语，需要副词 glumly 作状语来修饰动作；glum 是形容词，不能修饰动词。
She was glumly about the result.She was glum about the result.
系动词 was 后需要形容词 glum 作表语，说明主语的状态；glumly 是副词，不能作主语补足语。
He answered glumly the question.He answered the question glumly.
方式副词 glumly 不能放在及物动词与宾语之间，应放在宾语之后；也可说 He glumly answered the question.
Connections
Collocations
- stare glumly
- 忧郁地盯着
- He stared glumly at the rain.他忧郁地盯着雨。
- sit glumly
- 闷闷不乐地坐着
- She sat glumly in the corner.她闷闷不乐地坐在角落里。
- shrug glumly
- 沮丧地耸耸肩
- He shrugged glumly and walked away.他沮丧地耸耸肩，走开了。
- gaze glumly
- 阴郁地凝视
- The old man gazed glumly at the empty house.老人阴郁地凝视着空荡荡的房子。
- mutter glumly
- 闷闷不乐地咕哝
- "It doesn't matter," he muttered glumly.“没关系，”他闷闷不乐地咕哝道。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 gloom（阴郁）与 glum，加副词后缀 -ly，就是“忧郁地；闷闷不乐地”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：叙事文本、人物神态描写 该词为中性偏书面用词，通常用于描述某人以忧郁或闷闷不乐的样子说话、行动或呈现表情，比较常见于小说、叙事或正式的文字描写中；日常口语里往往用更简单的词来替代。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真押韵：dumbly /ˈdʌmli/、numbly /ˈnʌmli/ 与 glumly /ˈɡlʌmli/ 的重读元音及之后 /mli/ 相同。注意形近词 gloomily /ˈɡluːməli/ 读长元音 /uː/ 且多一个音节，crumbly /ˈkrʌmbli/ 中的 b 发音，末尾为 /bli/；它们都不是 glumly 的押韵词。
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