joyless

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈdʒɔɪ.ləs]
• 美式音标 [ˈdʒɔɪ.ləs]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.不快乐的；沉闷无趣的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Several theories have been offered to explain why the United States is, in effect, a nation of joyless lottery winners.
  针对“为什么美国是一个中彩者不快乐的国度？”
• The jobless now outnumber the joyless—there is nothing like a drop in GDP to remind everyone how much this much-maligned metric matters.
  现在失业超过了不快乐，没有什么比GDP的下降更能提醒人们这一饱受争议的度量标准是多么的重要。
• The subsequent recession fixed that. The jobless now outnumber the joyless—there is nothing like a drop in GDP to remind everyone how much this much-maligned metric matters.
  随后的萧条改变了这一局面，无工作的人超过了不快乐的人：GDP下降比什么都更能让人们意识到这个可恶的指标有多重要。

权威例句

• No wonder their business is so often done in joyless basements and choked corridors.
  FORBES: Back to ICE-TSA
• At times, Jackson seems tired, but he never comes off as unprofessional, joyless, or detached.
  NEWYORKER: This Is It
• Though they are reluctant to trumpet the fact, all the region's governments have started that joyless task.
  ECONOMIST: Remodelling Scandinavia

词组短语

短语

• joyless life 百无聊赖
• Joyless Street 悲伤的街道
• Joyless Evenings 不愉快夜晚
• joyless mirthless unhappy 不快乐的
• The Joyless Street 悲情花街

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• unhappy

柯林斯英英字典

• Something that is joyless produces no happiness or pleasure.