dismally
adverb uk/ˈdɪz.mə.li/ us/ˈdɪz.mə.li/
悲伤绝望地，忧郁茫然地
in a way that makes you feel very sad and without hope, or that shows someone is sad and without hope
Day and night the sirens screamed dismally. 日日夜夜，警笛声凄厉地尖叫着。
"I'll never get over this," he said dismally. 他沮丧地说：我永远无法克服这个问题。
informal惨淡地，相当糟糕地
in a way that is very bad
Their attempts failed dismally. 他们的尝试惨告失败。
I was excited to read this novel, but I was dismally disappointed. 这本小说我原来很想读，但其内容令我失望极了。
See: dismal
- More examples
- My thoughts turned dismally to the future.
- The project failed dismally, embarrassingly, totally.
- They ran the country dismally.
- Friends and relatives of the murdered women gazed dismally at the defendant in court.
- The record is full of dismally bland ballads.