sadness
n
1 [U] being sad 悲哀; 忧伤.
2 [C usu pl 通常作复数]
thing that makes one sad 令人悲哀或忧伤的事物
One of the many sadnesses in his life was that he never had children. 他一生中的一大憾事就是膝下犹虚.
Some people think that the weather is unpleasant, the city ugly and dirty, the competition fierce and the streets unsafe.
有些人认为,这儿的气候不佳,市容丑陋肮脏,竞争激烈,街上不安全。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.