County attorney: no — it's not cheerful.

县法官：是的，——这里并不令人愉快。

youdao

County attorney: no — it's not cheerful. I shouldn't say she had the homemaking instinct.

县法官：是的，——这里并不令人愉快。我应该说她没有持家的天性。

youdao

People begin to think that anything that is not cheerful and joyous must be depressive, and that is something to avoid.

人们开始认为任何不明朗和不快乐的事情一定是抑郁的，是要避免的。

youdao

Which is pretty depressing for them, and not particularly cheerful for the rest of us.

BBC: It's trade or bust for Britain

As David Cameron emerged blinking into the sunlight of the New Year, he had, if not reasons to be cheerful, then cause to experience a little schadenfreude at the problems mounting for Gordon Brown.

BBC: Political review 2008: Conservatives

None of this is exactly cheerful, but it is not disastrous, either.

ECONOMIST: The markets