The Countryside-background Novels in 1920s: the stage photos of the local conditions of the black human life and the beautiful human feelings;
20年代乡土小说:“惨淡人生”与“美丽人情”的风土剧照
The cause they contrived so painstakingly also ended in failure.
他们惨淡经营的事业也以失败而告终。
"Then, General, commanded to proceed with your work, You centred all your being on a piece of silk."
诏谓将军拂绢素, 意匠惨淡经营中;
Tourism are down and many hotels are operating in the red.
旅游业在走下坡路，许多酒店惨淡经营，入不敷出。
"With student enrolment dwindling, the Japanese-language schools are struggling to survive."
日语学校惨淡经营,学日语的学生人数每况愈下。
Keeping Going by Painstaking Effort of Acoustics--Inquiring into the Art of Acoustic Description in A Dream of Red Mansion;
惨淡经营的音响之维——《红楼梦》写声艺术探微
The situation is a far cry from the good old days. With student enrolment dwindling, the Japanese-language schools are struggling to survive.
今非昔比，日语学校惨淡经营，学日语的学生人数每况愈下。
The CD and music industry are doing badly because of the recession.
因为经济衰退，光盘和音乐行业经营惨淡。
From what we can learn, practically no one besides See's has made significant profits in recent years from the operation of candy shops.
就我们所知，这几年来除了喜斯赚大钱之外，其它糖果店的经营皆相当惨淡，
The dull blackgray of its walls looked like a tooth after the nerve has been killed.
围墙是一片惨淡的枯黑，仿佛是一枚抽去了神经的龋齿。
It's a brown wet ugly fall.
时值秋天，天气阴湿，惨淡。
a sombre picture of the future of the world
世界未来的惨淡写照.
And this is during strong economic growth: imagine what a recession could do.
经济增长强劲时尚且如此：想象一下经济衰退时结局将会何等的惨淡。
A pale light fell straight on the bed.
一道惨淡的光直照在床上，
Life is a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance.
生命只是惨淡的星光里的平凡的一闪.
The weather in December was bleak and unpleasant.
十二月份的天气是惨淡而令人难受的。
What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
没有主意，生命便惨淡无光。
in comparison to the bleak conditions in his homeland.
而相比之下他家乡的境况是如何惨淡。
It is a sad sky that has no shining stars.
没有灿烂群星的天空是惨淡无光的。