down in the dumps
/ˌdaʊn ɪn ðə ˈdʌmps/INFORMAL · C2
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悶悶不樂
意思
sad and lacking energy for a while
一時情緒低落,沒精神.
例句
- 1Ben has been down in the dumps since his football club lost the final.
- 2A long grey winter leaves a lot of people down in the dumps.
- 3She seemed down in the dumps at breakfast, so I made her a cup of tea.
- 4Don't sit at home down in the dumps all weekend — come to the cinema with us.
- 5Why is everyone so down in the dumps on a Monday morning?
文法
用在 be、feel 或 seem 之後。片語本身不變:dumps 保持複數。
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