| 词汇 | example_english_dismal |
| 释义 | Examples of dismalThese 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. The story for southern labour was equally dismal. In fact, all four explanations are probably involved in the dismal growth record of resource-rich countries, with their relative importance varying from country to country. Negative moods were represented as 'sad and not exciting', 'it was very dismal', 'very depressing'. The inability to restructure the national guard in this manner had dismal long-term consequences for that military force. They, the clans, never gave each other credit for trying; it had to be the exact way or else it was a dismal failure. At the tertiary level, achievement records are no less dismal. Excluded from these data were babies who had chromosomal abnormalities with dismal prognosis, but their referrals would have no impact on the policy of management. Luckily, we do not have to choose between these two dismal options, of rational egoism or commitment to an unjust form of group agency. After the damp, dismal autumn and the cold winter here you are, young again and full of happiness. The vision, he commented, was 'dismal, but deeply felt'. The fact that the experiments in this direction have been such dismal failures so far points to the difficulties involved. Many such schools or orphanages underfed the children, provided dismal housing and offered rags as clothing and bedding. Their longsuffering populations endured high unemployment and poverty, dwindling incomes, dismal politicians and uncertain futures. Anyone, approaching the matter from the humanistic standpoint, must condemn this as a dismal definition of the ' ' good life. The dismal longterm survival of pancreatic cancer is a result of the relatively late stage of presentation of the disease. Without transplantation the probability of survival is dismal. In the evening, maybe it was night already, anxiety seized me, and punishments as though in a dismal silent prison entered my mind. At the same time, the dismal inner city of the 1980s offered even fewer work oppor tunities for adolescents than for adults. Nevertheless, the overall picture he paints is a little too dismal. To avoid this dismal consequence, it might be necessary to impose legal constraints on monetary policy. A correspondence in that newspaper attempted to give reasons for this dismal and worrying failure. Her history of the city's public health policy and practice makes a dismal read. As is frequently observed in archival documents, his contemporaries seemed to have shared the same dismal view. Most gastric cancer patients are diagnosed w i t h advanced disease, resulting in a dismal prognosis. The operation was a ' dismal failure ' (p. 135). Instead, the track record of neoliberal economics was dismal. The only ray of light in this dismal analysis is that the euphoria over the deterministic nature of progress has passed. In nursing, the proportion of academic posts is similarly dismal but has a different history. Comparing dismal performance with the exceptional, it located 67 companies who grew way above the industry average with 21.7%! Should one attempt germination studies on dispersal units that yield such dismal results? What caused these dismal conditions? Our results imply that the prognosis for these infants is not as dismal as has been reported, though they certainly continue to illustrate a significant mortality rate. The dismal state of their organizational network and the lack of a popular support base were pathetically revealed when they needed them most to establish their substantive representative character. The subjective nature of this reference is palpably evident in the presence of the adjective dismal as well as of the compound noun epithet soap opera within the expression used. She goes on to speculate that the dismal state of political theatre owes something to the fact that most writers don't have any direct experience of what they write about. I have painted, jointly with the valuable achievement that political democracy constitutes, a dismal social situation, of pervasive material and legal poverty feeding a high degree of social authoritarianism. The presence of trisomy 13 predicts a dismal outcome, and cyclopia, ethmocephaly or cebocephaly in euploid cases similarly predict a rapid demise, usually within a week of birth. The collection offers the reader a wealth of information and a variety of viewpoints on a subject which is as important as it is in this case dismal. The dismal economic performance of the 1970s pushed right-wing cabinets, but not leftist governments, to formulate and implement extensive privatization programmes - in a way which conservatives had not dared before. I have been taking a very dismal view of the oil situation for the last 18 months, and particularly from the beginning of this year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have a dismal record in almost every field, including this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The ultimate reason for the dismal setbacks that we are now suffering is the relentless increase in prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not agree that the prospects are dismal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Otherwise, the future is pretty dismal to contemplate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that we must go on indefinitely forgoing increases in production does, however, produce an extremely dismal outlook. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know the dismal failure that followed its appointment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Given that this is his third report, that record is dismal and gives great cause for concern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He also recorded this country's dismal relative position in international league tables. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find that a dim and dismal outlook. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the country does not invest in training and in research and development, our economy's long-term prospects will be dismal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the dismal side we have, of course, the fact that unofficial strikes and voluntary absenteeism last year cost the industry about £40 million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole lesson of this whole dismal story is really as simple as that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The future for them, far from being bright, is distinctly dismal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He found that the striving group was somewhat bigger than the dismal group. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After it was all over, every single one of them was quietly released, because the quality of the intelligence was found to be so dismal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The old colliery row was a dismal sort of place for people to live in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Against that dismal background, it is hardly surprising that public library book issues have declined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think there are only seven failures in the whole of these dark and dismal years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An important starting point must be the dismal performance of our industry in competing for business overseas and in countering the flood of imports. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it suffers from a rather dismal name. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What makes this dismal regression on climate worse is its grave knock-on effects on the prospects of a forest convention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who will pay if the project is the dismal flop that the investing public obviously think it will be? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the experience of teacher unemployment this year and of students leaving all the colleges is really very dismal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A big contributory factor to that dismal story has been inadequate investment in innovation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The report gives a somewhat dismal story of fraud. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What a dismal shame it will be if we somehow manage to get it wrong just as the curtain falls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope we shall have a little more light upon this rather dark and dismal subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is no necessary part of this dismal downward spiral that facilities also be reduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Similarly, the cane sugar refining industry has experienced such a dismal decline that there is now only one refinery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, not everybody in the inner city fits into these dismal categories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, when they are examined, what a dismal account this is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps it is the most visible of the dismal legacies of the communist era. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are today asked to support yet another measure which would take us one more step down this dismal road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Contrast that with our dismal performance in the consumer field, and perhaps there are lessons to be learned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The picture regarding privately owned houses in these two council areas is dismal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall reach the end of this bleak and dismal point of view at the next general election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have an opportunity today to make a difference and to change the direction of a policy that everyone agrees has been a dismal failure. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Whether total or partial, privatisation will only make an already dismal situation worse. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I taught the dismal science of economics for about seven years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The experience up there has been dismal indeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Behind that dismal story is a more worrying factor—the erosion of the manufacturing base in the town. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Children who are born in dismal places tend to go to dismal schools, with dismally low expectations of what they can achieve. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many ways, it is a dismal commentary on our so-called affluent society that this debate is necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What a dismal failure transport privatisation has turned out to be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I expected that remark to bring forth comment, but as yet there is dismal, golden silence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he does believe it, there is no excuse for the dismal case that he made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not propose to do that, nor to paint too dismal a picture of what happens in the countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Economic issues are, inevitably, boring, which is perhaps why economics is called the dismal science. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my opinion, there is nothing more dismal than a party which plays ducks and drakes with the nation's safety in order to gain votes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one goes down after that, one finds a very dreary and dismal contrast to what is happening now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One should have expected it, because there was the same flop after the war, resulting in the same dismal failure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In all the old factories you see dark, dreary, and dismal workshops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The people of the world expected so much after the war, and the feeling now prevalent is one of dismal disappointment with the result. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope we shall have an end of this painting of dismal pictures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The figures that were produced last week were dismal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He deserves to be regarded in a dismal light if he does not have the courage to do that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My constituency has also suffered recently from a dismal increase in the incidence of violent crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that the global quota he succeeded in getting did help tremendously to stave off the rather dismal situation we face now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, the prospect is dismal for new authors and for the growing number of unemployed who use libraries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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