Word
deject
使沮丧；使灰心
to make someone feel sad or lose hope; to discourage
- 1.
Make sad or dispirited.
使悲伤或沮丧。
- 2.
To debase or humble.
贬低或谦卑。
使悲伤或沮丧。；贬低或谦卑。；使沮丧；使灰心
In use
The news of losing his job dejected him for weeks.
Constant criticism dejects even the most confident person.
The endless rain was dejecting the tourists in the small town.
deject + object
The constant rain dejected the children.
连绵不断的雨使孩子们沮丧。
be dejected + by/at/with + noun
被动结构或用作形容词，常接by引出原因。
She was dejected by her exam results.
她对考试结果感到沮丧。
Verb forms
base deject · third person dejects · -ing dejecting · past dejected · past participle dejected
deject 是规则动词，过去式和过去分词加 -ed。
Common mistakes
I feel deject after the exam.I feel dejected after the exam.
deject 是及物动词，表示“使沮丧”，不可直接用于系动词后作表语；应用过去分词 dejected 作形容词描述情感状态。
The news dejected.The news dejected him.
deject 是及物动词，必须带宾语，否则句子不完整。
He dejected the proposal.He rejected the proposal.
deject 意为“使沮丧”，而此处需要表示“拒绝”，应使用 reject；两词发音相似但意义不同，属词汇混淆。
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Learner notes
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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