cheerless
英 [ˈtʃɪələs]
美 [ˈtʃɪrləs]
adj. 阴冷的; 阴暗的; 阴郁的
BNC.32779 / COCA.29952
同义词辨析
gloomycheerlessdepressing【导航词义：阴郁的】
gloomyadj. 阴郁的；阴暗的
〔辨析〕
指人因认为情况不会好转而感到沮丧的，也指天气、房间等阴森森的。
〔例证〕
a gloomy day/house/person
阴天/阴森森的房子/忧郁的人
I can tell by his gloomy face that the situation is bad.
从他阴郁的脸上我能看出情况不妙。
阴天/阴森森的房子/忧郁的人
I can tell by his gloomy face that the situation is bad.
从他阴郁的脸上我能看出情况不妙。
cheerlessadj. 沉闷的，阴郁的
〔辨析〕
指天气、地方、时期等令人不快乐的。
〔例证〕
a cheerless day/place
沉闷的一天/阴郁的场所
It is cold and cheerless in the yard with no one there.
院子里冷冷清清，一个人也没有。
沉闷的一天/阴郁的场所
It is cold and cheerless in the yard with no one there.
院子里冷冷清清，一个人也没有。
depressingadj. 令人沮丧的
〔辨析〕
指令人感到非常抑郁及忧愁的。
〔例证〕
The journey was depressing.
旅途令人沮丧。
The economic situation there is depressing.
那里的经济形势令人郁闷。
旅途令人沮丧。
The economic situation there is depressing.
那里的经济形势令人郁闷。
牛津词典
adj.
- 阴冷的；阴暗的；阴郁的
without warmth or colour so it makes you feel depressed- a dark and cheerless room
黑暗阴森的房间
- a dark and cheerless room
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (地方或天气)沉闷的，令人不快的
Cheerlessplaces or weather are dull and depressing.- The kitchen was dank and cheerless.
厨房既潮湿又阴暗。 - ...a bleak, cheerless day.
阴冷、惨淡的一天
- The kitchen was dank and cheerless.
英英释义
adj
- causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- the economic outlook is depressing
- something cheerless about the room
- a moody and uncheerful person
- an uncheerful place
双语例句
- They came back quiet and cheerless.
他们回来了，闷闷不乐。 - Cheerless is the day, the light under frowning clouds is like a punished child with traces of tears on its pale cheeks, and the cry of the wind is like the cry of a wounded world.
这一天是不快活的。光在蹙额的云下，如一个被责打的儿童，灰白的脸上留着泪痕；风又号叫着，似一个受伤的世界的哭声。 - With Mr Heathcliff, grim and saturnine, on the one hand, and Hareton, absolutely dumb, on the other, I made a somewhat cheerless meal, and bid adieu early.
在我的一边坐的是希刺克厉夫先生，冷酷而阴沉，另一边是哈里顿，一声也不吭，我吃了一顿多少有点不愉快的饭，就早早的辞去了。 - Had friends-my early friends are fled: How cheerless feels the heart alone, When all its former hopes are dead!
有朋友早年的友谊已终结；孤苦的心灵怎能不忧郁，当原有的希望都黯然熄灭！ - If promotion was not done good, that may be cold and cheerless, of unmanned make inquires.
如果推广没做好，那可能是冷冷清清，无人问津的。 - It afforded her a little relief, of a dull and cheerless kind.
这使她感到几分宽慰，不过这是一种索然无味而又凄然的宽慰罢了。 - The world had been so cheerless! My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire.
整个世界都是那么郁郁寡欢，我的心宽敞得可以容下好多客人，但孤寂而凄凉，没有一处家居的壁炉。 - Collins found a cigarette, brought his lighter to it and paced nervously around the small, cheerless room.
柯林斯取出一支香烟，用打火机把烟点着，心神不定地在这间凄凉的小屋里踱来踱去。 - Bridging Reference: A Scenario-based Account; Against this cheerless backdrop The Boss of It All makes sense.
搭桥参照：以图景为基础的解释方法对照这个凄凉的背景，「真假老板」显得顺理成章。 - Without the illuminate of sunshine, the world will be how doleful cold and cheerless.
没有阳光的照射，世界将是多么的寂寞冷清。