doldrums
doldrums 英 [ˈdɒldrəmz] 美 [ˈdoʊldrəmz]
n. 忧郁；赤道无风带
名词复数:doldrumss
- Doldrums aren’t drums that you can play like the tom-toms. Rather people use this noun to describe a period of time that is boring, depressing, or characterized by inactivity.
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- n. 忧郁；赤道无风带
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1. But with the American wind industry in the doldrums, there are few other big investments pending.
但是，美国的风电业处于低迷期，还有一些其他大的投资没有付诸实施。
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2. It will not be easy for the Republican Party to emerge from the doldrums if it cannot embrace such a consistently skeptical view of government.
如果共和党不能拥抱对政府的这一前后一致的怀疑主义观念，那么它便很难从低潮中重新崛起。
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3. After Labor Day, however, investors get serious and the summer market doldrums officially come to an end.
然而，在劳工节之后，投资者们开始担忧，夏季市场的萧条也正式结束了。
- doldrums (n.) 1811, from dulled, past participle of dullen, from Old English dol "foolish, dull," ending perhaps patterned on tantrum.
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