音标:['dɪzm(ə)l] ;
adj.
阴沉的;阴暗的
压抑的,郁闷的,忧郁的,沮丧的,抑郁的,闷闷不乐的,令人沮丧(或消沉)的
令人忧郁的,沉闷的,凄凉的,痛苦的
(叫声等)凄厉的;令人惊恐的,恐怖的
[口语]空洞无物的,无趣的,兴味索然的;乏味的;无能的,软弱无力的;不高明的
[古语]灾难性的;悲惨的
[废语]凶兆的;不吉利的;不幸的
n.
令人忧郁(或沮丧)的事
[the dismals][方言]低落的情绪;(神情)沮丧,忧郁
[美国方言](美国南方沿海的)沼泽地
[废语]郁郁寡欢的人,忧郁的人

Nineteenth-century life had dealt the ten-year-old London 1) lad a bad hand. While his father 2) languished in debtor’s jail, painful 3) pangs of hunger 4) gnawed at his stomach. To feed himself, th

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献花寄哀思,鞠躬敬故人。又是一年清明节,让我们尽情道出对亲人绻绻的思念。历代很多文人都曾将清明节作为诗词歌赋的对象,最熟知的要数唐代诗人杜牧的《清明》了。下面就向大家介

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例1、 寻寻觅觅,冷冷清清,凄凄惨惨戚戚。 林译:So dim, so dark,/ So dense, so dull,/ So damp, so dank,/ So dead! 杨译:Seeking, seeking,/ Chilly and quiet,/ Desolate, painful and miserable. 徐译:Ive a sense of something m

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Economists have always been fond of Uber. Its willingness to battle incumbents, use of technology to match buyers and sellers, 经济学家一直都钟爱优步。优步乐意与在位者竞争、利用科技将买家和卖家进行匹配, and embr

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Anchor: When the Christmas carol is sounding everywhere in the United States to highlight the holiday season, some economists in the country are giving dismal predictions that this could be the worst holiday shopping season since 1991. The shopping s

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Global Leaders Condemn N. Korea's Latest Nuclear Test U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described the move as deeply destabilizing. He said it is a clear and grave violation of sanctions banning Pyongyang from nuclear and missile tests. U.S. Preside

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经典歌曲-莱因石牛仔RHINESTONE COWBOY--GLEN i've been walking these streets so long singing the same old song i know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of broadway where hustle's the name of game and nice guys get washed away like the snow

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清明时节雨纷纷,路上行人欲断魂。清明节就要来了,整理了各英语翻译家翻译的《清明》,如吴钧陶、许渊冲、 蔡廷干、杨宪益及戴乃迭等等。 《清明》 (唐)杜牧清明时节雨纷纷,路上行人

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Business 商业 Diet products 减肥商品 A big, bad business 点肥成金不现实 Medical firms struggle to profit from weight-loss treatments 制药公司试图从减肥治疗中获利 OBESITY is an epidemic to some and an opportunity to others. 肥

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By Meredith Buel Washington 18 June 2007 Western nations are working quickly to support the new Palestinian government in the West Bank, following the violent takeover of the Gaza Strip by the Islamic militant group Hamas. The United States and Europ

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学英语单词
abortive haul rate
absolute advantage theory
actss
air-ground communication network
ammunitions
Anchor away!
antiunitarian
arrowline
At the close order
atactic structure
automatic stoking
Barmecide feast
baseej
benignities
bleached hybrid
bonded organic paper
breed structure
bring sth into sth
bulb garden
calciprivia
carbon-chemistry
catadioptrical
ceiboes
chemoresistance
chromosomic
clowned on
column generation
composite rubber liner
compound knitting machine
diaper cover
directress, directrice
disclaimed property
dobbins
double wound
Eckwarden
effloresces
First Consul
first period of protection
gp91phox
grand lot scheme
image-amplifying device
index of gingival bleeding
inferior good
input/output switching
Inspector Javert
iodure
lasupol
Lewis,Gilbert Newton
license plates
lock relay
lustrations
maprik
maternal grandparents
Mazāvad, Rūd-e (Mazāwad Rūd)
minoltas
multicurrent electric locomotive
multimedia performance
neutron (-detecting) phosphor
nonadecamers
optical electronic viewing instrument
pericontinental area
personal outlay
petidion
plastic-laminate
point count
posts of shade
power arm ditcher
pseudotachylites
psykter
puebloans
Pyrsonympha
Rami labiales
regrooming
Rosava
ruthenium alloys
SDDU
seedliker
Segezha
set a good example to sb.
silverleaf nightshade
sinus penumatici
sinus sagittalis
state-owned
statutory
styomastoid foramen
SUFC
tilemaker
time cut out
TMB4
tone in
top management decision simulation
trachytic texture
Trade-eruption
train formation
transfinite function
treat with contempt
trefuses
Tylophora anthopotamica
vhsl
weep out
willaert
Ziko