英 [ˈdɪzməli] 美 [ˈdɪzməli]
adv. 沉闷地；阴暗地
in a cheerless manner
in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future
同义词： drearily
in a dreadful manner
as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed
同义词： dreadfully
阴暗地
He cried dismally, "why ever did I do it?"
他沮丧地叫道：“我究竟为什么要这样做？”
None of this is likely to be on hand if you cannot even afford to mend the dismally few highways you have.
如果你甚至不能承担惨淡的几条高速公路的维修，那么这些都不太可能发生。
The family dog began to howlalong dismally.
随着小男孩的琴声，家里养的狗也开始高一声低一声的叫起来。
Opposition activists complain that internet speeds were brought to dismally slow levels and that they were forced to use proxies to prevent their IP addresses from being detected.
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Its average incomes are dismally low, and much of its air and water is heavily polluted.
In Durban, all efforts by the polite European friends of Yasser Arafat failed dismally.
Rim is one single small company that is dismally small compared to the world.