"the economic outlook is depressing"
"something cheerless about the room"
"a moody and uncheerful person"
"an uncheerful place"
还有时光与黑夜的不幸;
In about half an hour her mother returned, and though her eyes werered, her countenance was not uncheerful.约莫过了半个钟头,母亲回到客厅,虽然两眼通红,脸色却不显得忧郁。