joyless

1.Life seems grey and joyless to them.

们来说生活是没有乐趣和希望。

2.For them, the present system means joyless drudgery, semistarvation, rags and premature death.

现在这个制们意味着痛苦劳役，半饥半饱，衣不蔽体生活，短命和夭折。