bleak prospects

The future looked black; prospects were bleak; life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult-j.m.synge; took a dim view of things.

前途看起来黯淡；前途无望；安瑞岛上的生活总是黯淡、艰苦j m辛格；对事物抱着悲观的看法。