
dismay
美[dɪs'meɪ] 英[dɪs'meɪ]
n. 沮丧;绝望
vt. 使 ... 沮丧;使 ... 惊愕
详细释义
n.(名词)- 沮丧,灰心,气馁,丧气,丧失勇气,垂头丧气
- 惊慌,惊惶,慌张,万分惊恐,丧胆
- 惊愕,诧异,吃惊,惊奇
- 沮丧情绪
- 狼狈,狼狈的样子
v.(动词)- 使气馁,使沮丧,使失望,使灰心
- 使惊慌,使丧胆
- 沮丧,泄气,灰心丧气
- 使...苦恼
- 非常不安
- 使惊愕,使诧异
双解释义
v.(动词)- vt. & vi. (使)惊愕或气馁 (cause to) fell with dismay
n.(名词)- [U]惊愕,气馁 feeling of shock and discouragement
英英释义
Noun- the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Verb- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted;
"These news depressed her" "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised;
"I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview" "The news of the executions horrified us"
组词搭配
~+副词- dismay extremely极端沮丧
- dismay thoroughly完全气馁
- dismay utterly十分惊愕
~+介词- dismay at the news对这消息感到惊愕
- dismay by由于…而沮丧
动词+~- feel dismay感到惊愕
- strike dismay使惊恐不安
介词+~- fill〔struck〕 with dismay极为惊愕
例句
用作名词(n.)- The enemy retreated in perfect dismay.敌人沮丧地退去。
- To my dismay, he made the same mistakes.让我感到沮丧的是,他又犯了同样的错误。
- He watched the burning bouse with dismay.他绝望地看着着火的房子。
用作及物动词(vt.)- The teacher was dismayed at the students' lack of response.老师对学生的毫无反应感到沮丧。
- It dismayed us that the project had been canceled.那个计划取消了,这让我们非常惊讶。
词语用法
v.(动词)dismay的基本意思是指因前景可怕、不乐观或因受挫折而失去干某事的力量。 dismay可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接表示人的名词或代词作宾语。 dismay后常接介词at或by,介词宾语为事,表示“沮丧”。 dismay的过去分词dismayed常用作形容词,在句中作表语。