1. Why are you so gloomy?
    你为啥这样忧闷？

2. However, in the absence of plausible alternative explanations for the gloomy economic news of the past 15 — 20 years and the gloomier prospects implicit in the projections of those trends, industrial societies — fearful for the future — might very we
    然而, 由于对过去15-20年里令人感到沮丧的经济新闻和对那些趋势的反映中暗含的更为令人感到沮丧的前景没能作出其他令人信服的解释，工业社会因为害怕未来很可能会要采取倒退措施。

3. Following him down the corridor of the gloomy French hotel where Albert had a room, Charles felt disappointed.
    随着艾伯特穿过他所住的法国旅馆的昏暗走廊时，查尔斯很是失望。