He did in fact become a dour ascetic.
他，实际上，成为一个阴郁的禁欲主义者。
However, , a recent Career Say article offers career paths for English majors that might not be as dour as some make it out to be.
不过职业规划网站Career 慃Say最近发表的一篇文章为英语专业的学生提供了一些职业道路，好像不像有些人想象的那么沉闷。
The game proved to be a dour struggle, with both men determined to win.
这次比赛结果成为一场恶战，因为两个人都志在必得。
The dour outlooks come on the same day that the National Association of Realtors said home sales reached a 15-year low in June , dousing hopes that the industry had reached a bottoming point.
同日，严峻的形势还表现为全国房地产经纪人协会说六月份房产销售达到15年来的最低点，使人们认为房地产已经地质谷底的希望破灭。
The comrade in charge, a rather dour middle-aged woman in a white blouse, made the phone connection for me and then handed me the phone.
主管的那位同志是位身穿白衬衫、表情严肃的中年妇女。 她接通了电话，把话筒递给了我。
MARY LOU DiNARDO checked three times to make sure: was that a smiley face at the end of the latest e-mail from her most dour client?
当玛丽连续看了三遍之后才敢确认：最后那个笑脸确实是来自她一个平时作风很严肃呆板的客户。
He is a proverbially dour New England Puritan.
他是个众所周知的抑郁的新英格兰清教徒。
JANUARY JONES While retro-cool, this Lanvin gown was just a little too dour for such a festive night.
这件复古冷酷到底的晚装对这样一个盛会来说过于严肃。
Under coach Dunga, there has been criticism that a side containing such stylish and skilful players as Dani Alves, Robinho and of course Kaka himself, is playing for dour 1-0 victories.
在主教练邓加的带领下，人们一直在质疑拥有像丹尼·阿尔维斯、罗比尼奥，当然还有卡卡在内的如此风格华丽、技术精湛的球员，却要通过丑陋务实的1-0赢得比赛。
Eastleigh is hardly a tourist town-a dour bronze railwayman is its main public monument-but it has a brilliant formula for incubating new businesses.
伊斯特雷格并非一个旅游城市——一座阴郁的铁路工人青铜雕像是它主要的公共纪念雕塑——但是在培养新办企业方面，伊斯特雷格确有聪明办法。
We first meet Mary in 1976, a lonely child who's teased by the kids at school and neglected by her dour father and alcoholic mother.
影片的故事从1976年开始，观众首先看到的是玛丽，她当时还是个孤单的小女孩，经常被同学捉弄，而她沉默寡言的父亲和嗜酒的母亲对这个女儿显然不怎么上心。
Let's say on the first day he looks dour, but on the next three days he's happy and chipper, even striking up a conversation.
也许第一次他很沉闷，但三天后他很快乐且风趣，拉着你说个不停。
The economic legacy of the past few years means that in the 2010s much of the world faces a dour “debtcade”.
过去几年的经济遗留预示着在2010之后，绝大部分的世界将面临一个冷酷无情的“债务十年”（ “debtcade”）。
A dour National Research Council report recently poured cold water over the notion that plug-in vehicles will make much difference on oil use or the environment before 2030 at the earliest.
而最近NationalResearchCouncil的报告则给先前关于充电式汽车将会在2030年前大幅度减少石油使用量并且改善环境的想法泼了冷水。
"The View from Castle Rock" starts in the 18th century in the dour Scottish borders where her family scrapes a living from soil and sheep.
《城堡石的景观》(The Viewfrom Castle Rock)开始于18世纪沉闷的苏格兰边境，她的家族曾在当地靠种田放牧勉强度日。
A crowd, swelled by television crews, engulfed Statue Square, an adjacent plaza dominated by a bronze likeness of a dour Victorian banker.
受电视台工作人员的鼓动，一群人涌入了旁边的皇后像广场(StatueSquare)，广场上屹立着一座表情严肃的维多利亚时代银行家的铜像。
It was like a late twilight under clouds at the end of November, a dour, chill, dull air in which one could see, but not clearly and not far.
仿佛身处十一月末一个为乌云笼罩的傍晚，萧瑟、阴冷、暗淡的空气中，人的视线模糊不能及远。
Not far away, she espied a tall man of middle age standing beside a tree with a dour look on his face.
她看到离她不远的地方，有一个身材高高的中年男子久久地伫立在一棵树旁，脸色沉郁，神情凄楚。
MARY LOU DiNARDO checked three times to make sure: was that a smiley face at the end of the latest email from her most dour client?
当玛丽连续看了三遍之后才敢确认：最后那个笑脸确实是来自她一个平时作风很严肃呆板的客户。
The idea that holiness is associated with a dour disposition is a caricature of the worst sort. In fact, just the opposite is true.
将圣洁与郁郁寡欢联想在一起是最差劣的讽刺，事实刚好相反，只有行在圣洁中的人才经验到真喜乐。
Sarah Brown, the discreet wife of Britain's new prime minister Gordon Brown, offers a stark contrast to Tony Blair's high-profile spouse Cherie — and could help soften her husband's dour image.
英国新任首相戈登·布朗的夫人莎拉低调谦逊，与布莱尔夫人切丽的高调形象形成鲜明对比，这可能有助于平衡布朗严肃古板的形象。
Agricultural practices can also be a significant source of nuisance, contributing both to local levels of air pollution and causing dour problems.
农业活动也有可能成为讨厌的空气污染源，即会增加当地的空气污染程度，也会产生难闻的气味。
Istanbul was a bit of a freaky game. Do you think this one is going to revert back to the dour old English-Italian one-goal-in-it affair?
伊斯坦布尔决赛有点偏离常规。你认为这一次将恢复到保守的英格兰-大利式一球决胜？
A very dour pedestrian picture.
一部非常阴沉、呆板的电影。
In place of jolly Mr. Tumnus from the first film, the guide this time is a dour red-bearded dwarf (Peter Dinklage) who warns, "You may find Narnia a more savage place than you remember."
替代第一部快乐的图姆努斯先生，他们这次的向导是不爱说话的红胡子侏儒（彼得。丁克拉格）。他警告他们说：“你们会发现纳尼亚比你们记忆中的要更加血腥野蛮。
In place of jolly Mr. Tumnus from the first film, the guide this time is a dour red-bearded dwarf (Peter Dinklage) who warns, "You may find Narnia a more savage place than you remember."
替代第一部快乐的图姆努斯先生，他们这次的向导是不爱说话的红胡子侏儒（彼得。丁克拉格）。他警告他们说：“你们会发现纳尼亚比你们记忆中的要更加血腥野蛮。
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