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单词 dismal science
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dismal science in British English

noun
the dismal science

dismal science in American English

the science of economics
a humorous usage
Word origin
< use by T. Carlyle in essay (1849)

Examples of 'dismal science' in a sentence
dismal science

Do you speak the language of the dismal science?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Economics is not called the dismal science for nothing.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
At least one (ex-)practitioner of the dismal science is having a good recession.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is, however, not for nothing that economics is known as the dismal science.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That's why economics is called the dismal science.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You might think the 'dismal science' has done enough damage for now.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Happiness cannot be measured by the dismal science.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
No wonder they call economics the dismal science.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Economists bridle at the description of their discipline as 'the dismal science'.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Economics can indeed be the dismal science.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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