0 sad and without hope -- 悲傷絕望的，憂鬱茫然的
a dismal expression 悲傷絕望的表情
The acting was dismal, wasn't it? 表演很糟糕，是不是？
What dismal weather! 天氣太糟糕了！
The story for southern labour was equally dismal.
In fact, all four explanations are probably involved in the dismal growth record of resource-rich countries, with their relative importance varying from country to country.
Negative moods were represented as 'sad and not exciting', 'it was very dismal', 'very depressing'.
The inability to restructure the national guard in this manner had dismal long-term consequences for that military force.
They, the clans, never gave each other credit for trying; it had to be the exact way or else it was a dismal failure.
How the dismal science got its name: debating racial quackery.
At the tertiary level, achievement records are no less dismal.
Excluded from these data were babies who had chromosomal abnormalities with dismal prognosis, but their referrals would have no impact on the policy of management.
