The boy remained as dismal as a hearse.
那孩子依然死气沉沉得像一口棺材。
Among participants with low self-esteem, those making the statement scored a dismal average of 10 while those that did not managed a brighter average of 17.
而在本身就不太自信的实验对象中，那些重复这句话的人平均仅得可怜的10分，没说的却得到了较好的17分。
Dismal economic findings have analysts fearing a double dip.
对经济低潮期调查的结果使分析家们担忧会有一个再度衰退。
The Dismal Scientist, a webzine dedicated to economic news, is fun.
经济新闻网络杂志《忧郁科学家》趣闻十足。
But after a decade of dismal returns it is time for them to act.
但是在经历了十年的惨淡光景之后，他们是时候采取行动了。
The Mongolian escapade marked the peak of his career, but it was also a dismal failure.
蒙古的这场冒险标志着他人生的最高峰，但这也是一场悲惨的失败。
IT MAY have occurred to you, during the course of a dismal trawl round a supermarket indistinguishable from every other supermarket you have ever been into, to wonder why they are all the same.
你也许曾想过这个问题：当自己站在超市里一排让人失望的货架前时，发现这家超市和你去过的其他家超市没什么不同，你想知道为什么他们都没点特色呢？
Yet despite these overwhelmingly dismal statistics, a startling number of older women do realise their dreams of motherhood, many of them with no medical intervention at all.
尽管统计数字令人沮丧，有数量惊人的大龄妇女实现了做母亲的梦想，其中许多人根本无需医学的介入。
The authors, who work at the Centre for Retirement Research at Boston College, set out a dismal prospect for future retirees if they try to rely only on pensions and savings.
本书的作者供职于波士顿学院的退休研究中心。向我们描绘出在未来，单纯依赖养老金和储蓄的退休人士的悲惨情景。
But I think the dismal housing data also reflects a systematic human bias: loss aversion.
但我认为，房市低迷也反映了系统性的人类偏见：对损失的厌恶。
Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was running errands and found myself feeling depressed.
四年过去了，这年春天的一个下午，天气阴沉郁闷，我外出办事感到心情压抑。
In the rest of the world, a dismal production is forecast in Australia, reflecting extremely low water availability.
在世界其他地方，澳大利亚的产量预报令人沮丧，反映了供水量极低的情况。
But behind Nokia's woes lurks a dismal reversal of fortunes, not just for the Finnish company but also for much of Europe's mobile-phone industry.
诺基亚痛苦的背后隐藏着不仅是芬兰公司也是整个欧洲的移动电话行业的惨淡困境中急转直下的命运。
A few years ago, the dismal science was being acclaimed as a way of explaining ever more forms of human behaviour, from drug-dealing to sumo-wrestling.
就在几年前，这乏味的科学还被吹得神乎其神，宣称它甚至还能解释很多其他人类行为，例如贩毒和相扑等。
In a generally dismal climate for media companies two outfits are thriving.
在媒体公司普遍低迷的气候下，两家公司生意兴旺。
I was laid alone, for the first time; and, rousing from a dismal doze after a night of weeping, I lifted my hand to push the panels aside: it struck the table top!
我第一次被人孤零零地扔在一边，哭了一整夜，又昏昏沉沉地打了一个盹醒过来，我伸手想把嵌板推开：我的手碰到了桌面！
I was able to pick up a few courses at Columbia as a lecturer and kept my job at the music conservatory, but as an academic, I am a dismal failure.
我能在哥伦比亚大学开几堂讲座，而且继续在音乐学校工作；但作为一个学者，我是一个沮丧的失败者。
A dismal December caps off the auto industry's worst year since 1992.
阴冷的十二月，结束了汽车工业自1992年以来最糟糕的一年。
Seven new graduates from Academy of Art University in San Francisco showed their collections in fashion shows in New York this week but they face a dismal job market.
旧金山艺术大学的七位毕业生有幸在本周的纽约时装周上展出了各自的作品，但他们面临的就业形势却依严峻。
The financial results punctuate a dismal year for the lenders, all of which are receiving state support.
财务业绩预示了上述银行将面临一个低迷的年份，三大银行均接受了国家援助。
There never was such a dreary, dismal scene as the formerly cheerful house presented!
这栋以前是很欢乐的房子从来没有呈现过这样荒凉阴郁的景象！
After a dismal record coping with hurricane Isabel - when some 6 million people lost power, many for more than a week - power companies say they're better prepared for Irene.
由于有在处理“伊莎贝拉”飓风中的令人沮丧的记录——当时约有6百万人电力中断超过一周——电力公司宣布他们在面对“艾琳”时有了更加周全的准备。
Compared with former colonies in Asia, Africa is still a dismal failure.
同样作为前殖民地，非洲跟亚洲比起来仍是暗淡无光。
A dismal exam result and a disastrous encounter with the instructorsend Ben and his lab partner on a binge, Noel and Javier go to Atlantic City,and Felicity's pageant comes back to haunt her.
迫于糟糕的考试成绩和与老师的悲惨相遇之压力，本和他的伙伴去饮酒作乐，宣泄情绪。诺尔和哈韦尔去亚太兰大，费莉希蒂的选美大赛一直困扰着她。
Meanwhile the biggest consumer of sugar, India, has had a dismal monsoon season and has gone from being a net exporter of sugar to an importer.
同时糖类的最大消费国印度刚经历了一次灾难性的雨季，从糖类净出口国变为糖类进口国。
The third-quarter decline in GDP was a dismal development but it does not make a further boost to quantitative easing a sure thing.
第三季度的GDP下滑是个令人沮丧的变化，但并不能保证会进一步推进量化宽松政策。
I find that when I choose to continue on when I'm tired, I'm still able to produce stuff, but at a dismal pace.
我发现我累了的时候，我选择继续工作的话，我仍然能够生产东西，但速度却很慢。
But many readers will question the risk that Ward took by leading them on such a contrived course to such a dismal destination.
但是，许多读者会质疑沃德为什么冒此风险带领他们踏上如此一个人为设计的路程去往一个如此令人沮丧的归宿。
Sometimes the difference between a happy, successful outcome and a dismal failure, is only a slight shift in perception.
有时候快乐、成功的结果或者是令人沮丧的失败仅仅是因为观念上细微的差异而导致的不同后果。
Now 50 years later the water is at a dismal 10 per cent of its level when the projects first began.
现在，50年之后，咸海的水量仅仅只有改道工程最初开工时水量的10%。
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