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disheartening
/disˈhɑːtn/
verb
使气馁；使沮丧
disheartening is the present participle of dishearten.
核心释义
to take away the enthusiasm or hope of
- 1.
使灰心丧气,使失去信心或勇气。
To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
使灰心丧气,使失去信心或勇气。；使...气馁；使...沮丧
用法In use
The team's loss disheartened the players, but they stayed positive.
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.
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.
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’。
dishearten sb
The constant criticism disheartened the young artist.
持续的批评使这位年轻艺术家气馁。
be disheartened by/at sth
常用被动结构，后接by或at引出原因。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- discourage
- 使气馁，使灰心 · 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
- dismay
- 使惊恐，使失望 · dishearten是逐渐的沮丧，dismay是突发的惊慌和失望
词族Word family
- disheartens
- third person singular
- disheartened
- past, past participle
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