dumps

《Collins English Dictionary》

dumps (noun)

1. a gloomy state of mind; depression
2. (plural) informal, mainly US a place or area, esp one that is squalid, dilapidated, or that tends to be frequented by tramps, etc

dumps (adjective)

1. downcast; depressed

词语辨析

dumps 和 depression 都可以表示“沮丧、抑郁”，但是 dumps 是非正式用法。

词汇扩充

dumping (noun): 倾销

dumpsite (noun): 垃圾场

近义词

gloom, melancholy, sadness, unhappiness

反义词

happiness, joy, contentment

《Oxford English Dictionary》

dumps (noun)

1. informal, chiefly North American, a state of depression or low spirits
2. informal, chiefly North American, a place where rubbish is left

用法

常用于复数形式：in the dumps

相关例句

1. She's been in the dumps ever since her pet cat died. (她的宠物猫死后，她一直情绪低落。)
2. He lives in the dumps on the outskirts of town. (他住在城市郊区的贫民窟里。)
3. Don't be so dumps, things will get better. (不要这么沮丧，事情会好起来的。)
4. The kids found a hidden dumpsite in the forest. (孩子们在森林里发现了一个隐藏的垃圾场。)

More example sentences:

1. After failing his exam, he was down in the dumps for days. (考试不及格后，他郁郁不乐了好几天。)
2. She threw the empty can into the dump. (她把空罐头扔进了垃圾堆。)
3. He felt a sense of dumps when his favorite team lost the game. (当他最喜欢的球队输掉比赛时，他感到很沮丧。)
4. The town had become a dump after the factory closed down. (工厂关闭后，这个城镇变成了一个废弃区。)
5. She's always in the dumps during the rainy season. (雨季她总是情绪低落。)
6. He decided to clean up the dumpsite and turn it into a park. (他决定清理垃圾场并将其改建成公园。)
7. His girlfriend left him and he was in the dumps for weeks. (女友离开了他，他郁郁寡欢了好几个星期。)
8. The city council plans to build a waste treatment plant near the dump. (市议会计划在垃圾堆附近建设一个废物处理厂。)
9. The old house was a dump, but he managed to turn it into a cozy home. (这座旧房子很破旧，但他设法把它改造成了一个舒适的家。)
10. She found a stray dog near the dump and decided to adopt it. (她在垃圾堆附近发现了一只流浪狗，决定收养它。)
11. He's always bragging about his expensive car, but it's just a dump in my opinion. (他总是吹嘘他那辆昂贵的车，但在我看来，它只是一辆破车。)
12. They were forced to live in a dump after losing their home in the fire. (火灾后，他们被迫住在一个破旧的地方。)
13. She's feeling a bit dumps today, so let's try to cheer her up. (她今天有点情绪低落，所以让我们试着让她开心起来。)
14. He was caught dumping toxic waste into the river. (他被抓到往河里倾倒有毒废物。)
15. The city is planning to close the dump and build a recycling center. (该市计划关闭垃圾场，并建设一个回收中心。)
16. She dumped her boyfriend after finding out he had been cheating on her. (在发现男友对她不忠后，她把他甩了。)
17. He dumped all of his old clothes and bought a new wardrobe. (他把自己所有的旧衣服都扔掉了，买了一整套新衣柜。)
18. She was so angry that she dumped her drink on his head. (她非常生气，把饮料倒在了他的头上。)
19. The garbage truck comes to collect the trash from the dump every Monday. (垃圾车每周一都会来垃圾堆收集垃圾。)
20. He dumped the remains of his lunch in the trash bin. (他把剩饭扔进了垃圾桶。)
21. She dumped all of her old files onto the computer's hard drive. (她把所有旧文件都倒进了电脑的硬盘里。)