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doldrums

/dohl-druhmz, dol-, dawl-/US // ˈdoʊl drəmz, ˈdɒl-, ˈdɔl- //UK // (ˈdɒldrəmz) //

低潮期,低迷,低潮,低气压

Related Words

gloom忧郁,阴霾,忧郁症,幽暗stagnation呆滞,停滞不前,呆滞状态,停滞malaise发热,发热症,发烧,发热病slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退stupor昏迷,昏迷不醒,昏迷的人,昏迷状态letdown泄气,泄愤,泄气的,泄气事件torpor默默无语,默不作声,默默无言,默默无语的人blues布鲁斯,蓝调,蓝光,蓝军disinterest不关心,不感兴趣,无趣,无私bummer讨厌的人,遗憾的是,讨厌鬼,遗憾dullness暗淡无光,暗淡,沉闷,呆滞downer下行者,坠落者,跌落者,跌宕起伏tedium乏味,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥乏味的生活dejection颓废,沮丧,拒绝,颓丧listlessness无精打采,怅然若失,无精打彩,怅惘yawn打呵欠,打哈欠,呵欠,哈欠boredom无聊,百无聊赖,无聊症,无聊的人inertia惯性,惯性思维,惰性,惯性力funk放克,放克语,放克音乐,放克风格inactivity不活泼,不活动,不活跃,不活跃性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a state of inactivity or stagnation, as in business or art: August is a time of doldrums for many enterprises.
    • : the doldrums, a belt of calms and light baffling winds north of the equator between the northern and southern trade winds in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.the weather prevailing in this area.
    • : a dull, listless, depressed mood; low spirits.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundepression
Synonyms
gloom忧郁,阴霾,忧郁症,幽暗malaise发热,发热症,发烧,发热病slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退stagnation呆滞,停滞不前,呆滞状态,停滞stupor昏迷,昏迷不醒,昏迷的人,昏迷状态apathy麻木不仁,冷漠,冷漠症,冷漠的态度blahs胡说八道,胡言乱语,混乱,混乱的局面blues布鲁斯,蓝调,蓝光,蓝军boredom无聊,百无聊赖,无聊症,无聊的人bummer讨厌的人,遗憾的是,讨厌鬼,遗憾dejection颓废,沮丧,拒绝,颓丧disinterest不关心,不感兴趣,无趣,无私downer下行者,坠落者,跌落者,跌宕起伏dullness暗淡无光,暗淡,沉闷,呆滞dumps倾倒,倾销,转储,倾覆ennui忧郁症,厌烦,忧郁,厌恶funk放克,放克语,放克音乐,放克风格inactivity不活泼,不活动,不活跃,不活跃性indifference冷漠,漠不关心,漠视,淡漠inertia惯性,惯性思维,惰性,惯性力lassitude倦怠,倦怠症,倦怠感,懈怠letdown泄气,泄愤,泄气的,泄气事件listlessness无精打采,怅然若失,无精打彩,怅惘tedium乏味,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥乏味的生活torpor默默无语,默不作声,默默无言,默默无语的人yawn打呵欠,打哈欠,呵欠,哈欠black mood黑色心情,黑色情绪,黑色的心情,黑色的情绪blue funk蓝调,蓝色乐章,蓝色的芬克,蓝色乐曲dismals失望,沮丧,沮丧的人,残缺不全

Examples

  • The prospects for geothermal—energy extracted from the nuclear furnace at the Earth’s core—are rising after decades in the doldrums.

  • His successor, the first George Bush was at a loss about how to respond to the economic doldrums of the early 1990s.

  • But the Republicans have the greatest opportunity to offer an alternate economic vision to the Obama doldrums.

  • But in these scorching summer doldrums of 2013, you have to wonder: did it have to be this disappointing?

  • Here's something to chew on while I'm gone: what if the current doldrums are the new normal?

  • The campaign will now stagger through the February doldrums.

  • Both got in the doldrums near the Start mark, but taking a chill 'Navahoe' got away with a long lead.

  • Oh, well, there was no sense in staying in the doldrums forever.

  • A low-pressure area of calm, light variable winds near the equator is known to mariners as the doldrums.

  • Our vegetables gave out and we drank too much rain water and ate too much fresh fish down in the Doldrums.

  • In the calm, windless doldrums, he never came up on deck but what the aroma of whisky travelled with him.

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