It must be pretty dispiriting to come home every night to the ministrations of Mrs. McGur-rk.英文原著 · 《Dear Enemy》
"I really think we may have to go, Eloise," she finished nervously. "Even if it isn't infectious, it is so dreadfully dispiriting to be in a house where there is a dangerous illness, and possibly worse. I've been thinking perhaps we might go in town and take lodgings for a while. No one need know it. We could even stay there through the summer. None of our friends would be in town; then in autumn we could come back here."
Eloise's lip curled. "I doubt that," she returned. "Grandfather will be forearmed.英文原著 · 《Jewel》
The Mediterranean waves beat with a dull thud on the worn crags below. The rocks rise up to the sky behind. There is nothing there but the sun, an occasional sail, and quiet, petrified Capri, three miles distant across the strait. It is an excellent place for a misanthrope to spend a week, and get cured. There must be a very dispiriting influence prevailing here; the keeper refused to take any money, the solitary Italian we have seen so affected.英文原著 · 《The Complete Writings-2》