Well, Malthus was wrong. Dismally wrong.

那是因为马尔萨斯错了，悲观得错了。

The rest of the day passed slowly, dismally.

这一天剩下的时间过得漫长又沉默。

'Thank you, ' said Tom, shaking his head dismally, and chewing rosebuds.

“谢谢你，” 汤姆说，沮丧地摇摇头， 咀嚼着玫瑰花蕾。

He glanced at the curtains dismally.

他沮丧地瞥了一眼窗帘。

" Poor old man, " repeated Gloria dismally.

“可怜的老人，”格洛丽亚沮丧地重复道。

" Are you the waitress" ? Alice asked, dismally.

“你是服务员吗？”爱丽丝沮丧地问道。

Her best friend Eileen, dismally house-sharing in Dublin, is tortured by her infatuation with Simon, whom she has known since childhood.

她最好的朋友艾琳在都柏林与人合租，情绪低落。艾琳从小就认识西蒙，而她对西蒙的迷恋折磨着她。

" I wish it was Christmas or New Year's all the time. Wouldn't it be fun? " answered Jo, yawning dismally.

“我真愿意一年到头都是圣诞节和新年。这样不就快乐了吗？”乔沮丧地打了一个呵欠答道。

" But it is a false step, a ruinous step, Clara; and we shall live to repent it dismally" .

“但这是一个错误的步骤， 一个毁灭性的步骤， 克拉拉； 我们将活着为它悲伤地忏悔” 。

Whatever he put on, became him less (it dismally seemed to me) than what he had worn before.

无论他穿什么，都比他以前穿的要少（在我看来令人沮丧）。