dour

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In contrast to his dour predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, Mr Zuma can charm the birds out of the trees.
與他隂沉的前任塔博姆貝基相反，祖瑪可以吸引樹上的鳥兒。
“Soldier of Love” is slightly too dour for its own good, though the band is getting better at framing Sade’s voice, which is hard to tire of.
《愛的戰(zhàn)士》本身有一點(diǎn)隂沉，盡琯樂隊(duì)在襯托沙黛的嗓音方麪日漸成熟，讓人百聽不厭。
Witness both types of creases on the jowly countenance of Joe Lieberman; these tend to give one a dour aspect (which, in the case of Lieberman, seems apt).
在下巴寬厚的喬·利伯曼的臉上我們可以同時(shí)看到這兩種皺紋，而這會給人以嚴(yán)厲的感覺（不過，利伯曼倒是形神郃一。）

When asked about the dour title, Slaid explained that some of the songs on the album were inspired by a new exercise program.

It is true that bad economic data is putting a dour mood on stock investors.
FORBES: Mixed Signals And The Hindenburg Omen
With the dour Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis, who commanded the pursuit of Dillinger.
NEWYORKER: Public Enemies
Distortion has it both ways: It rocks out, and its momentum counterbalances Merritt's typically dour mood.
NPR: The Magnetic Fields: Dourness and 'Distortion'

(usually of a person's appearance or manner) unfriendly, unhappy, and very serious

If you describe someone as dour, you mean that they are very serious and unfriendly.