看漫画学英文之疯狂六级单词(10)

gloomy    a.黑暗的，阴暗的；令人沮丧的

【真题再现】In spite of the gloomy economic forecasts,manufacturing output has risen slightly.

尽管经济预测令人沮丧，但制造业的产量却稍有增加。

                                                                                       【CET-6,2001.01，词汇】

【联想记单词】词根词缀：gloom（n.昏暗；沮丧）+-y(a.)→gloomy （a.阴暗的；令人沮丧的）

【活学活用】It is better to take an umbrella in gloomy day.

 阴天里最好带把伞。