Word · Frequency #33758
disheartens
使气馁；使沮丧
disheartens is the third person singular of dishearten.
to take away the enthusiasm or hope of
- 1.
To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
使灰心丧气,使失去信心或勇气。
使灰心丧气,使失去信心或勇气。；使...气馁；使...沮丧
In use
The team's loss disheartened the players, but they stayed positive.
Don't let this setback dishearten you; you have more chances.
Repeated rejection disheartens many job seekers, yet some keep applying.
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。
She was disheartened by the lack of progress.
她对缺乏进展感到沮丧。
disheartening (adj) + noun
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。
Verb forms
base dishearten · third person disheartens · -ing disheartening · past disheartened · past participle disheartened
使气馁，使沮丧
Common mistakes
I felt very disheartening after the exam.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。
He was disheartened of the news.He was disheartened by the news.
误用介词 'of'，正确介词应为 'by' 或 'at'，表示原因。
Connections
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
Word family
- disheartens
- third person singular
- disheartened
- past, past participle
- disheartening
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
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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