| 词汇 | cheerless |
| 释义 | cheerless adjective uk /ˈtʃɪə.ləs/ us /ˈtʃɪr.ləs/ not bright or pleasant and making you feel sad: 阴暗的；阴郁的；惨淡的 a cold and cheerless winter afternoon寒冷阴郁的冬日午后 a bare, cheerless apartment四壁空空、阴暗惨淡的公寓 Synonym depressing Opposite cheerful Saddening, shocking and upsetting affecting agonizingly arrogance baleful be cold comfortidiom distressful distressfully distressing distressingly dolorous hurtful hurtfully impiously impiousness lacerating teary touching touchingly tragically traumatic Related wordcheerlessness Examples of cheerlesscheerless We have seen the result in the wastes of cheerless estates and in the disoriented and dissatisfied clientele, especially in our cities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never seen a more miserable, shuffling, down-at-heel, out-at-elbow and, most of all, sad and cheerless population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless they do that, pensioners of both today and tomorrow face a bleak and cheerless retirement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These invalid tricycles are a pretty cheerless form of transport. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When they go home they find their homes cold and cheerless through lack of fuel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These buildings are hideous, cheerless, and they are grossly wasteful, and they ought to be razed to the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This industry has been hopeless and cheerless, and it offers no inducement for young men to stop on the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a pretty gritty and in many respects cheerless document, but it is an extremely important statement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was the old bluster, the old boastfulness, the old booming voice, the deliberate hesitation, the cheerless smile, the ponderous repetition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But most evenings they are unable to afford that, and consequently they have nowhere to go, and so they remain in their cheerless quarters and get depressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the one beverage they drink from morning to night, and without lea the average household would frequently be the most cheerless household in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find it far from cheerless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The nurses' houses are dark and cheerless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a cheerless sort of tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The customary huge crowd was in attendance, despite the cold and cheerless weather. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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