Word
dejecting
/diˈdʒekt/
verb
使沮丧；使灰心
dejecting is the present participle of deject.
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。
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