adj.忧伤的；悲痛的
Mr Carter's tone was dolorous, but there is an extraordinary lilt to Mr Obama's rhetoric which puts a bounce back into everyone's step. 卡特的语调是忧伤的，而奥巴马的言辞给人的感觉是极其轻快的，给每一个人的前进步伐都带去了动力。
