ABC News: Everything Seemingly Is Spinning out of Control Read full article
Is everything spinning out of control?
Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism...
The can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in the American psyche is under assault. Eroding it is a dour powerlessness that is chipping away at the country's sturdy conviction that destiny can be commanded with sheer courage and perseverance.
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Two words today:
abysmal - 深不可测的, immeasurably low or wretched
dour - 沉沉的,严厉的, stern, harsh
For ex.
This figure is abysmal and it is a lot lower that we were expecting.
We lost game today, that doesnt mean we'll always be dour
