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gloomy是什么意思

gloomy

英 ['gluːmɪ] 美 ['ɡlumi]
  • adj. 黑暗的;沮丧的;阴郁的

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【记忆】谐音:哥路迷。哥哥一个人去森林的时候迷路了,让他非常的沮丧。==》沮丧的,忧郁的。

【记法】谐音:戈路迷 
【联想】居然在戈壁滩里迷路了,怎么能让人不郁闷?

英文词源


gloomy (adj.)
1580s, probably from gloom (n.) even though that word is not attested as early as this one. Shakespeare used it of woods, Marlowe of persons. Gloomy Gus has been used in a general sense of "sullen person" since 1902, the name of a pessimistic and defeatist newspaper comics character introduced about that time by U.S. illustrator Frederick Burr Opper. Related: Gloomily; gloominess.

双语例句


1. Some good might come of all this gloomy business.
生意不景气也未必全是坏事。

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2. The country is currently obsessed with gloomy prognostications about its future.
该国现在正弥漫着对未来的悲观预测。

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3. The short-term outlook for employment remains gloomy.
近期的就业前景依然暗淡。

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4. Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine.
尽管阳光明媚,里面依然暗淡无光。

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5. They found him in gloomy, downbeat mood.
他们发现他情绪低落,无精打采。

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