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】

牛津词典

adj.

• 阴冷的；阴暗的；阴郁的
  without warmth or colour so it makes you feel depressed
  1. a dark and cheerless room
     黑暗阴森的房间

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.
  1. The kitchen was dank and cheerless.
     厨房既潮湿又阴暗。
  2. ...a bleak, cheerless day.
     阴冷、惨淡的一天

英英释义

adj

• causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
  1. the economic outlook is depressing
  2. something cheerless about the room
  3. a moody and uncheerful person
  4. an uncheerful place
  Synonym:depressinguncheerful

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Its key to it only solves the worry of the lock. I am a cheerless person and go all out to pursue something endlessly!
  锁的心事只有钥匙才知道。我是个冷淡的人。执着，永无止境的追求！
• The layout of the cottage was identical with that of Lucy's, but the atmosphere was different: this place was bare, cheerless and none too clean.
  室内布置与露西家雷同，但气氛却大有差异：空荡荡，缺乏生气，而且很脏。
• They live in a bare, cheerless apartment in downtown New york.
  他们住在纽约市中心一间四壁空空、阴暗惨淡的公寓里。
• 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。
• A starless sky with a solitary moon would be dull and cheerless, why not let there be a moonlit night resplendent with twinkling stars?
  只有一颗月亮而没有星星点缀的夜空将是单调无趣的，何不让它成为一个月光照耀、星光闪烁的美好夜晚呢？
• 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。
• Application of Continuous Shift Arrangement and Responsibility-bound Grouping in Nursing Management The night-to-night duties can be hard and cheerless.
  连续性排班结合责任制分组在护理管理中的应用连续不断地上夜班是辛苦而乏味的。