But to Sonja, Ove was never dour and awkward and sharp-edged.

索雅来说，欧维从来都不阴沉、不尖锐，也不刻薄。

And maybe that's good, because some of those parties would have been… dour.

这样可能挺好 因为有些聚会是很… … 枯燥的。

Steelshanks Walton stood above them, tall and dour. " What is it? Why did you scream" ?

铁腿沃顿高高在上地站在后面，满脸阴沉：" 怎么回事？叫什么？"

The ceremony itself was a long mass, and the groom had on a dour expression for the entire time.

仪式本身是一漫长的弥撒，新郎全程表情阴沉。

Being poor white, they were not even accorded the grudging respect that Angus MacIntosh's dour independence wrung from neighboring families.

麦金托什，因为后总算还能以倔强的独立性争取到邻居们勉强的尊敬。

All change Those still feeling dour should take courage from recent experience.

一切都变那些仍然感到沮丧的人应该从最近的经历中鼓起勇气。

I would have noticed your dour head smacking into the archways.

要是见过你的榆木脑袋磕门廊 我该有印象。

Thornton's as dour as a door-nail; an obstinate chap, every inch on him, — th' oud bulldog! '

桑顿像门钉一样冷酷无情；一顽固的家伙，每一寸都在他身上——你这只斗牛犬！

Marsh entered snuffling, Yarwyck dour. " Another storm, " the First Builder announced. " How are we to work in this? I need more builders" .

马尔锡抽着鼻子进来，亚威克沉着脸。" 又一场风暴，" 首席工匠宣布，" 这天怎么干活？我需要更多人手。"

" Could be a hundred of them out there, " said the black brother with the dour face. " Could be a thousand" .

" 可能埋伏一百人，" 一脸色阴沉的黑衣兄弟说，" 也可能上千。"

Schulz, born 100 years ago this month, could trace the bleakness of his worldview to a dour childhood in St Paul, Minnesota.

舒尔茨出生于 100 年前的这月，他世界观的凄凉可以追溯到他在明尼苏达州圣保罗度过的悲惨童年。

They also believed that the broader population were eager for such a measure after years of dour and repressive Puritan rule during the 1650s.

他们还认为，在经历 1650 年代清教徒多年的严厉和镇压统治后，更广泛的民众渴望采取这样的措施。

" I hope the Weeper burned the bodies, " said the dour man, the one called Dolorous Edd. " Elsewise they might come looking for their heads" .

" 愿哭泣尸。" 人称忧郁的艾迪的阴沉男人说，" 否则搞不好他们会来找自己的脑袋。"

The number of smiles that I saw amongst you and, and I have to admit when I first started some of you looked a little dour, a little doubting, okay?

我在你们中间看到的微笑的数量，我不得不承认， 当我第一次开始时， 你们中的一些人看起来有点阴沉， 有点怀疑，好吗？

Hermione bore up reasonably well on those nights when they managed to scavenge nothing but berries or stale biscuits, her temper perhaps a little shorter than usual and her silences rather dour.

赫敏相当出色地熬过那些晚上，他们除浆果和过期的饼干外没有在寻找中获得任何食物。她的脾气可能比平常好一点，而且她经常沉默。

His cake and cheese remained on the table all night for the fairies. He managed to continue work till nine o'clock, and then marched dumb and dour to his chamber.

他的蛋糕和干酪就一整夜摆在桌上留给神仙。他干活直干到九点钟，然后不声不响，执拗地走进他的卧房。

But the surprisingly strong pace of the rebound offers Mr. Biden a chance to try and turn around an economic narrative that has focused largely on negatives: soaring inflation and dour consumer sentiment.

出人意料的强劲反弹步伐为拜登提供一机会，让他有机会尝试扭转一种主要集中在负面因素上的经济说法: 通胀飙升和消费信心低迷。

Jon watched him mop up a runny yolk with a chunk of bread. It was strangely comforting to see Edd's dour face again. " How goes the restoration work" ? he asked his old steward.

琼恩盯着他用一大块面包扫荡溏心蛋，再见到艾迪阴郁的面孔让他莫名地舒心。" 重建进展如何？" 他问他的前任私人事务官。

These losses, combined with his Puritan religious views, partly explain Cromwell's dour outlook, though this was also partly owing to a streak of depression which he struggled with intermittently throughout his adult life.

这些损失， 加上他的清教徒宗教观点，部分解释克伦威尔的悲观态度，尽管这也部分归因于他在整成年生活中间歇性地与抑郁症作斗争。

The Restoration era has been characterised as one of loose morals, sexual promiscuity, heavy drinking and a generally more flamboyant court culture, all of which contrasted sharply with the dour Puritanism of the 1650s.

复辟时代的特点是道德败坏、性乱、酗酒和普遍更加华丽的宫廷文化，所有这些都与 1650 年代阴郁的清教主义形成鲜明比。