On examining the samples, we found the white was not the bright white we had requested but a dingy color, similar to what we had received in the past, and which gave us numerous customer complaints.

我方检查货样后发现，货物的白色不是我们原先要求的那种纯白色，而是一种暗黑色，与我们过去的进货相似，以致许多顾客曾投诉我们。

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In the dingy yellow electric light Miss Fan looked flushed and happy and did not seem to mind at all.

在昏黄的灯光下，密斯范红着脸很快乐的样子，似乎毫不介意。

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Then something happened that has not happened in the Nassau Coliseum, the Islanders' dingy arena, in 11 very long years.

WSJ: Islanders Even It Up

Accusations are levelled not in the ceremonious rigor of a court but in a dingy office, with the irate plaintiffs standing up and leaning over the desk of a judge, the better to hammer home their case.

NEWYORKER: Tehran Tales

Yet, visitors to Beijing do not have to go too far off the beaten path to find dingy alleyways lined by what remains of the old courtyard homes that exist in clusters, like islands on the verge of being swallowed by the tidal wave of new China.

CNN: April 10, 2012 -- Updated 1353 GMT (2153 HKT)