参考词典中dismay的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 沮丧
vt. 使惊愕,使气馁
词形变化
- 时 态:dis·mayed, dis·may·ing, dis·mays副 词:dis·may'ing·ly
参考例句
- I cannot think of such a battle without dismay.
我每一想到这种战争的情形就心惊肉跳。 - We were dismayed by the violence of his reaction.
他暴烈的反应使我们惊愕。 - She flopped down in dismay.
惊慌中她突然跌坐下去。 - The boy's recklessness dismayed his mother.
这男孩的鲁莽使他的母亲失望。 - We were all dismayed at his refusal to co-operate.
他不肯合作使我们感到失望。
- I cannot think of such a battle without dismay.
英英解释
2个名词解释
- the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
[同] discouragement, disheartenment, dismay - fear resulting from the awareness of danger
[同] consternation, dismay, alarm
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- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
[同] deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down, cast down
[反] elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
[例]- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
[同] dismay, horrify, alarm, appal, appall
[例]- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
点击查看……- the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles