dumps

dumps

[dʌmps]

n. 廢物，垃圾場（dump的復數）；憂鬱
　　v. 傾倒（dump的單三形式）

中文詞源：

dumps 沮喪

俚語。來自dump或damp.

例句：

1. She's feeling a bit down in the dumps and needs cheering up.
她情緒有點低落，需要振奮起來。

2. They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps.
他們靠在垃圾場撿垃圾維持著朝不保夕的生活.

3. It's no use letting yourself fall into the dumps.
你聽任自己的情緒低沉下去一點用也沒有.

4. He was down in the dumps after losing his job.
他失業後,精神非常頹喪.

5. He can't cope and dumps his two teenage boys on them to be looked after.
他應付不過來，隻能將他那兩個十來歲的兒子交給他們代為照看。