cheerless

英 [ˈtʃɪələs]

美 [ˈtʃɪrləs]

adj. 阴冷的; 阴暗的; 阴郁的

BNC.32779 / COCA.29952

同义词辨析

gloomy cheerless depressing【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。

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。

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。

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

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。
Breakfast will be a cheerless affair for the Prime Minister this morning.
今天的早餐会让首相感觉全然无味。
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。
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。
Something cheerless about the room; a moody and uncheerful person; an uncheerful place.
这个房间有些令人不快的东西；一个忧郁、不快乐的人；令人郁闷的地方。
It was a cold, cheerless, grey sort of morning.
这是一个阴郁、灰暗而寒冷早晨。
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。
The reason I don't like the third one is I don't like animals on the pictures and I think it looks too cold and cheerless.
我不喜欢第三个是因为我不喜欢有动物的画而且我认为它看起来太冷清。
Inside the orphanage, Dumbledore is led to a cheerless room and is greeted by the cold stare of the young Tom Riddle.
在孤儿院里，邓不利多被带到一个冰冷的房间中，而少年汤姆·里德尔正用冰冷的目光凝望着他。
As a new comer, frankly, it's a little bit cold and cheerless here.
作为一个新来的人，坦白说我觉得这里有点冷漠无趣。