他急需现金使经营惨淡的餐馆走出困境。He desperately needed cash to bail out the ailing restaurant.那片土地是一片阴郁惨淡的景象.The land is in a dismal condition.她的生活是苍白的, 她的前途是惨淡的.Her life was pale; her prospects were desolate....
There was in him the heartiness and intolerant joviality of the prosperous farmer.在他身上有种生意昌隆的农场主常常表现出的春风得意欢天喜地的劲头,叫人消受不了.The people have grown intolerant in recent weeks of the King's autocratic ways.最近几周国王的专制行径让民众忍...