joyless

音標發(fā)音

Several theories have been offered to explain why the United States is, in effect, a nation of joyless lottery winners.
針對“爲什麼美國是一個中彩者不快樂的國度？”
The jobless now outnumber the joyless—there is nothing like a drop in GDP to remind everyone how much this much-maligned metric matters.
現(xiàn)在失業(yè)超過了不快樂，沒有什麼比GDP的下降更能提醒人們這一飽受爭議的度量標準是多麼的重要。
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.
隨後的蕭條改變了這一侷麪，無工作的人超過了不快樂的人：GDP下降比什麼都更能讓人們意識到這個可惡的指標有多重要。

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.
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