音标:['dizmәl] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 阴沉的, 凄凉的, 令人忧郁的
n. 低落的情绪, 沼泽
s causing dejection

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词性分布:
形容词100%

dismal的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. We were all depressed by the dismal weather.阴沉的天气让我们都感到压抑。
  2. He tossed about until the appearance of the dismal London daylight, when he sprang up desperately, and walked off to his uncle's lodgings in Bury Street.他翻来复去,等到伦敦那阴沉的白天开始上曙光,便一骨碌爬了起来,前往柏利街他叔父的寓所。
  3. Africa will be the highlight of an otherwise dismal year.非洲将是这异常凄凉的一年里的亮点。
  4. There was something to celebrate about amid the dismal environment on rocky Patmos.在多岩的拔摩岛凄凉的环境中,原来也有值得庆祝的事。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. The dismal weather hung on for days.阴沉的天气持续了数日。
  2. The author of the book painted a dismal picture of the future.本书的作者描述了未来的凄凉景象。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. I often see her remaining dismal.我常看到她精神忧郁。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)
动词+~
  • feel dismal觉得忧郁
~+名词
  • dismal weather阴沉的天气

经典引文

  • An ugly feend, more fowle than dismall day.

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