in dejection
表示处于沮丧的状态。
He walked away in dejection.
他沮丧地走开了。
沮丧；消沉；抑郁
忧郁或沮丧的状态；情绪低落,忧伤；自我贬低的行为；低落状态；虚弱；无能；粪便；[医] 排泄物
a state of melancholy depression
忧郁或沮丧的状态；情绪低落,忧伤
A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
自我贬低的行为
The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
低落状态；虚弱；无能
A low condition; weakness; inability.
After failing the exam, he sat in dejection for hours.
考试失败后，他沮丧地坐了好几个小时。
用法提示：dejection 作为不可数名词，表示沮丧、消沉的状态。
She tried to hide her dejection after the team lost the match.
球队输掉比赛后，她试图掩饰自己的沮丧。
用法提示：dejection 在句中作宾语，指因失败而产生的低落情绪。
A sense of dejection settled over the office when the project was canceled.
项目取消后，办公室里弥漫着一种沮丧的情绪。
用法提示：dejection 与 a sense of 连用，表示弥漫的沮丧氛围。
表示处于沮丧的状态。
He walked away in dejection.
他沮丧地走开了。
表示伴随情感。
She spoke with dejection in her voice.
她说话时声音里带着沮丧。
接介词 over/about 引出原因。
His dejection over the failed exam was obvious.
他对考试失败的沮丧是显而易见的。
grammar · medium
易错句子After hearing the news, he fell into a deep dejection.
正确表达After hearing the news, he fell into deep dejection.
dejection 在表示沮丧这种情绪时是不可数名词，不能与不定冠词 a 连用，应直接使用 deep dejection 或 a state of deep dejection。
grammar · medium
易错句子He dejected when he failed the exam.
正确表达He was dejected when he failed the exam.
dejection 是名词，不能作为动词使用。表示沮丧的状态应用形容词 dejected，并与 be 动词连用。
dejection偏指暂时的情绪低落，depression可指更严重或持续的抑郁症
dejection是沮丧，despair是彻底失去希望
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