查询词典 dismal

Things could hardly have got off to a worse start, with Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli managing a dismal 14th and 16th respectively in Bahrain, and shortly afterwards technical director Mike Gascoyne split from the team.

几乎没有比这更糟糕的开局了，拉尔夫－舒马赫和亚诺－特鲁利在巴林分别只获得了失望的第十四和第十六名，而且之后不久技术总监麦克－加斯科因同车队分手了。

Not only do whole asset classes go through dismal periods, but investing styles too go in and out of fashion. A technology manager with a shining reputation in 1999 may have found that by 2002, 90% of his fund value had vanished.

不但整个资产类型经历衰落期，就连投资风格也潮起潮落。1999年闪耀的技术经理可能会在2002年发现他90%的基金价值已经蒸发了。

In spite of May and a new greenness, the country was dismal.

无怪乎这些人都是丑恶而粗钝的了。

According to the Hong Kong government's half-yearly economic report,'after a dismal Q1 Hong Kong's overall economic situation has showed clear signs of improvements in Q2'.

根据香港政府的半年度经济报告，「经过了一个十分暗淡的第一季后，在第二季度，香港的整体经济情况已有明显改善」。

Just at this point he met his soul's sworn comrade, Joe Harper -- hard-eyed, and with evidently a great and dismal purpose in his heart.

既然他们存心要把他投进冰窟，他只有认命的份——但他原谅了他们。

There was a big gap between their optimistic self-evaluations and their dismal academic performance on independent tests.

有很大差距，其乐观的自我评价和对学业表现疲弱独立测试。

When the Iron Curtain came down, it revealed a dismal world of sad people and cruel rulers.

当铁幕落下，一个阴暗的世界显露出来--那里有悲惨的民众和残酷的统治者。

Fortunately, if you found that you had hired a bunch of farmers to do a hunter's job, you don't have to lay off your entire sales team (even when the results you get are dismal).

幸运的是，如果您发现自己聘用了一帮子农民让他们去做猎人应做的事，您并不需要解雇所有的销售团队成员（即使这一发现让您感到很为沮丧）。

We have always found that New Year's Eve, with its eleventh-hour excesses and doomed resolutions, is a dismal occasion for all the forced jollity and midnight toasts and kisses.

那些无法推辞的酒宴，以及午夜时分人们相互间公式般的敬酒和祝福，对我们来说，可绝对不是什么令人欢喜的体验。

But the past year has been especially dismal. In September Kwame Kilpatrick, then the mayor, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.

但是过去的一年特别艰难。9月份当时的市长夸梅·基尔帕特里克，被判定妨碍司法。

More than five decades after the Indian constitution promises a casteless society, there is no sign that the castes are disappearing.

在印度宪法允诺一个&无种姓&社会五十多年后，种姓尚没有显示出任何要消失的迹象，但变化也确确实实地发生了。

Don't distract him from his studies.

他在学习不要打扰他。