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joyless adj.不愉快的,不高興的。adv.-ly ,-ness...

joyous

It may not be too much to affirm , on the whole the people being then in the first stages of joyless deportment , and the offspring of sires who had known how to be merry , in their day , that they would 當時的居民還是第一代沒有歡樂活動的人,而且又是那些活著時深諸如何行樂曲父輩們的直接后裔,就過節這一點而論,比起他們的子孫,乃至相隔甚久的我們這些人,算是懂得快活的了,我們作這種一般性的結論,恐怕并不過分。

Every nation now faces a choice between lawful change and chaotic violence ; between joyless conformity and an open , creative society ; and between the celebration of death in suicide and murder and the defense of life and its dignity 現在每個國家都面臨著這樣的抉擇:是進行合法變革,還是忍受亂世暴力;是墨守成規哀怨不已,還是追求一個開放和富有創造性的社會;是以自殺和謀殺慶賀死亡,還是捍衛生命和尊嚴。

What is normal ? is your life ? obsessed by desires and fears , full of strife and struggle , meaningless and joyless ? normal 什么叫正常?你的一生為欲望恐懼所占據,充滿著奮斗和爭扎,無聊沒趣可算正常?

That is easier said than done , and we do not necessarily recommend that all people should lead a pure and joyless life 說起來容易做起來難,而且我們也無意建議所有人都該過著平淡無味的生活。

Your dance teaches us that as soul and form become separated , fear , pain , and a joyless existence results 你們的舞蹈教會我們,當靈魂和形態分開時,害怕、痛苦和沒有歡樂的結局就產生了。

Waiting expectantly in the safety of the summer palace at whitecliff , lady isabel receives joyless tidings 而此時正在白崖夏宮焦急等待的伊莎貝爾夫人收到了令人擔憂的消息。

Suppose he should be absent spring , summer , and autumn : how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem 設想他春夏秋三季都不在,那風和日麗的好日子會顯得多沒有勁! ”

What a life it is ! it is a very lonely , restless , joyless life 那是一種什么樣的生活呀- -孤苦零丁,飄泊不定,一點幸福也沒有。

For hours nothing relieved the joyless monotony of things 好幾個小時過去了,一切都還是那樣單調,那樣沉悶。

For them, the present system means joyless drudgery, semistarvation, rags and premature death . 現在這個制度對他們意味著痛苦的勞役,半饑半飽,衣不蔽體的生活,短命和夭折。

The puritans, according to the familiar accusations of the 1920s, were joyless hypocrites . 依照二十年代流行的指責來說,清教徒是郁郁寡歡的偽君子。

What a life it is! it is a very lonely, restless, joyless life . 那是一種什么樣的生活呀--孤苦零丁,飄泊不定,一點幸福也沒有。