[; ]a feeling that things will not get better; a situation without much hope抑郁；愁闷；无望◆Lower interest rates will lift the economic gloom as companies recover.低利率将随着各公司元气的恢复而驱散经济低迷的状况。◆It is not all doom and gloom for shareholders as sales improved slightly last month.随着上月销售略有改善，股东们面对的不再是暗淡的前景。➡pessimism