depressingly

Though it is depressingly rare for the underdog to win in the real world, I'd like to cling to the idea that when they do, they have something special to offer that the overdog does not.

尽在现实世界中失败者成的可能性小得令沮丧，但我愿意坚持这种观点，那就是一旦获得成，会带来一些特别的东西，而这些是那些天之骄子所不具备的。