英語單詞

gloomy是什麽意思

gloomy

英 ['gluːmɪ] 美 ['ɡlumi]
  • adj. 黑暗的;沮喪的;陰鬱的

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【記憶】諧音:哥路迷。哥哥一個人去森林的時候迷路了,讓他非常的沮喪。==》沮喪的,憂鬱的。

【記法】諧音:戈路迷 
【聯想】居然在戈壁灘裏迷路了,怎麽能讓人不鬱悶?

英文詞源


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.

雙語例句


1. Some good might come of all this gloomy business.
生意不景氣也未必全是壞事。

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2. The country is currently obsessed with gloomy prognostications about its future.
該國現在正彌漫著對未來的悲觀預測。

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

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4. Inside it's gloomy after all that sunshine.
盡管陽光明媚,裏麵依然暗淡無光。

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5. They found him in gloomy, downbeat mood.
他們發現他情緒低落,無精打采。

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