| 1. | The land is in a dismal condition .
那片土地是一片阴郁惨淡的景象。 |
| 2. | Her life was pale; her prospects were desolate .
她的生活是苍白的，她的前途是惨淡的。 |
| 3. | The dull blackgray of its walls looked like a tooth after the nerve has been killed .
围墙是一片惨淡的枯黑，仿佛是一枚抽去了神经的龋齿。 |
| 4. | The sky was dreary grey, like the asphalt beneath and the high granite walls .
天空是一片惨淡的灰色，就象是下面的沥清路和那高大的花冈石墙壁一样。 |
| 5. | Here, in the wretched room, her father's moaning was the dominant note and seemed irrefutable .
在这间惨淡的屋子里，她父亲的呻吟诉苦盖过了一切，而且似乎是不容置辩的。 |
| 6. | I was rebuffed and i spent a grim and tragic christmas eve in those most unchristian surroundings .
我受到驳斥，在这种最没有基督教精神的环境中，我度过了一个十分惨淡的圣诞节前夜。 |
| 7. | A pale gleam of winter sunshine fell, at that moment, on the vessels deck, relieving her against a bank of scowling cloud .
这时候，一道惨淡的冬天的阳光，投射在那只船的甲板上，使它和阴晦的云层形成一个强烈的对照。 |
| 8. | The lines on her face show up in the pale spring light
她脸上的皱纹在春天惨淡的阳光下显得格外明显。 |
| 9. | The company weathered a few bad years before becoming a success
公司在成功前，捱过了几年惨淡的日子。 |
| 10. | Eventually , he hit rock bottom
最后他进入了最惨淡的时刻 |
