dishearten sb
The constant criticism disheartened the young artist.
持续的批评使这位年轻艺术家气馁。
使气馁;使沮丧
使灰心丧气,使失去信心或勇气。
to take away the enthusiasm or hope of
使灰心丧气,使失去信心或勇气。
To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
一般现在时
Failure disheartens him.
失败使他气馁。
一般过去时
The news disheartened everyone.
这消息使大家沮丧。
现在进行时
This is disheartening the team.
这正在使团队沮丧。
使气馁,使沮丧
The team's loss disheartened the players, but they stayed positive.
球队的失利使球员们气馁,但他们保持了积极态度。
用法提示:此处disheartened是动词dishearten的过去式,表示‘使…气馁’。
Don't let this setback dishearten you; you have more chances.
别让这次挫折使你气馁;你还有更多机会。
用法提示:此处dishearten是动词原形,用于let后表示‘使…沮丧’。
Repeated rejection disheartens many job seekers, yet some keep applying.
反复被拒绝使许多求职者沮丧,但有些人仍在继续申请。
用法提示:此处disheartens是动词dishearten的第三人称单数形式,表示‘使…沮丧’。
The constant criticism disheartened the young artist.
持续的批评使这位年轻艺术家气馁。
常用被动结构,后接by或at引出原因。
She was disheartened by the lack of progress.
她对缺乏进展感到沮丧。
disheartening为现在分词作形容词,修饰名词。
The disheartening news affected everyone.
这令人沮丧的消息影响了每个人。
grammar · medium
易错句子I felt very disheartening after the exam.
正确表达I felt very disheartened after the exam.
错用 'disheartening' 表示感受,因为 -ing 分词表示令人沮丧的,而 -ed 分词表示感到沮丧的。应使用 disheartened。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was disheartened of the news.
正确表达He was disheartened by the news.
误用介词 'of',正确介词应为 'by' 或 'at',表示原因。
dishearten强调失去热情和希望,discourage更侧重因劝阻或障碍而失去勇气
dishearten是逐渐的沮丧,dismay是突发的惊慌和失望
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