dismally

1. ADJ-GRADED 忧郁的;凄凉的;令人沮丧的
   Something that is dismal is bad in a sad or depressing way.
   1. ...Israel's dismal record in the Olympics...
      以色列在奥运会上让人沮丧的记录
   2. My prospects of returning to a suitable job are dismal...
      我重新找到一个合适的工作岗位的希望很渺茫。
   3. It was a dismal failure.
      这是个让人沮丧的失败。
2. ADJ-GRADED (尤指外表)阴暗的，阴沉的，沉闷的
   Something that is dismal is sad and depressing, especially in appearance.
   1. The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal but the children's ward is really lively.
      医院的主体部分死气沉沉，但是儿科病房却充满生气。
   2. ...a dark dismal day with rain falling steadily...
      天空昏暗、阴雨绵绵的一天
   3. You can't occupy yourself with dismal thoughts all the time.
      不要终日陷在阴郁的思绪中。

1. She woke; while she WAS still misty and calling out dismally, and someone came knocking.
   她醒过来；当她仍是模里糊涂并且惨叫着的时候，有人敲门了。
2. It is, moreover, in the interests of both Greece and its creditors for it to raise its dismally low productivity through structural reforms.
   此外，通过结构性改革提高希腊极低的生产率，符合希腊和债权人双方的利益。
3. It is quite a novelty to have the blinds up, and the shutters open; and they make themselves dismally comfortable over bottles of wine, which are freely broached as on a festival.
   窗帘已经卷上，百叶窗已经拉开，这是件不同于前几天的新鲜事情。他们像过节一般尽情地喝着一瓶瓶的酒，以此消愁解忧。他们都很喜欢劝善戒恶。
4. The doubters seemed vindicated when the team performed dismally in the cup qualifiers.
   球队在预选赛时的糟糕表现似乎证明了怀疑者的正确。
5. I'd venture a guess that he will fail dismally.
   我斗胆猜测他会败得很惨。
6. The dismally poor legislative and regulatory framework monitoring drug quality and sale in developing countries also allows counterfeiting to thrive.
   发展中国家监督药品质量和销售的立法和管理框架不良也让造价活动猖獗。
7. Dangerous drivers in dodgy vehicles on ill-designed and dismally maintained roads make a lethal cocktail.
   危险的驾驶员，开得歪歪扭扭的车子，坑坑洼洼的道路，会是一个致命的组合。
8. With a population growing so fast and a government that performs so dismally in providing basic services, Africa's biggest oil producer may face a crisis unless drastic change occurs soon.
   随着尼日利亚人口飞速增长而其政府却在提供基础服务上不尽人意，这个非洲最大产油国如果不尽快进行改新革面，那么它可能会面临很大的危机。
9. But she said dismally she found a drop of blood in the mirror at the morning!
   可是莉莉忧郁地说今天早晨她在镜子里发现了一滴血！
10. Therefore, not to mention his clothes, which had seen three months'service in mire and dust, and his thick uncombed hair, the surface of his face and hands was dismally beclouded.
    因此，姑且不提他那满是泥巴和灰土已穿了三个月的一身衣服，还有他那厚厚的从不梳理的头发，就是他的脸和手也盖上一层黑。
11. The dog faintly and dismally wagged its tail, then lowered his haunches, circled round, and lay down again.
    小猎狗垂头丧气地微微摇了摇尾巴，垂下屁股，蜷作一团，又躺下了。
12. This is a dismally sigh to the human's easy-going life and people's ever-changing faith.
    在这里感叹人世的沧桑，面对“容易冰消”发出生命的忧嗟。
13. I wish it was Christmas or New Year's all the time. Wouldn't it be fun? answered Jo, yawning dismally.
    “真希望每天不是圣诞节就是过新年，那该有多好呵”，乔一边回应着玫，一边郁闷地打着哈欠。
14. Most people who try to lose weight fail dismally.
    大多数想减肥的人都无比沮丧地失败了。
15. He could see quite clearly how he had failed so dismally with Alicehow Tom had taken over so easily.
    他十分清楚自己如何在爱丽丝身上败得这么惨，而汤姆又是如何轻而易举便得到了她。
16. And so it goes dismally on.
    这一过程周而复始，恶性循环由此而生。
17. He began to howl dismally.
    它就凄凉地吠叫起来。
18. In western Africa, progress towards adoption of contraception has been dismally slow.
    在非洲西部国家，避孕的进展令人沮丧、相当缓慢。
19. The rest of the day passed slowly, dismally.
    这一天剩下的时间过得漫长又沉默。
20. In fact, Chinese stocks have performed dismally over the period regardless of where they were traded.
    事实上，在这一时期里，中国上市公司股票的走势都很惨淡，不论它们的上市地点是在哪里。
21. History is full of examples of mergers born in high hope that failed dismally.
    历史上充满了这样的并购案例：人们赋予了很高的期望，最后却输得很惨。
22. It was very long, narrow, and dismally low, with pointed Gothic windows and a ceiling of oak.
    房间很长，很狭，暗沉沉，低压压，哥特式的尖窗子，橡木的天花板。
23. Outside, the wind began to howl. It shook the window frames, causing the paper pasted over the wooden latticework to cry out dismally.
    风开始在外面怒吼，猛烈地摇撼着窗户，把窗格上糊的纸吹打得凄惨地叫。
24. I lay there dismally calculating.
    我躺在床上，忧郁地盘算着。

adv

1. in a dreadful manner
   1. as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed

   Synonym:    dreadfully

2. in a cheerless manner
   1. in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future

   Synonym:    drearily