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dismay

/disˈmei/

noun

惊愕；沮丧；气馁

A sudden or complete loss of courage or confidence in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming fear.

1.
A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
面对困难或危险时突然或完全丧失勇气；压倒性的恐惧；情绪低落。
2.
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
令人沮丧的状况；毁灭。

毁灭；废墟；面对困难或危险时突然或完全丧失勇气；压倒性的恐惧；情绪低落。；令人沮丧的状况；毁灭。；沮丧

In use

She felt a sense of dismay when she saw the test results.

看到考试成绩时，她感到一阵沮丧。

To his dismay, the store was already closed for the day.

令他沮丧的是，商店那天已经关门了。

The team's performance was met with dismay by the coach.

教练对球队的表现感到沮丧。

to one's dismay: 令某人沮丧的是; To her dismay, she found that her wallet had been stolen.令她沮丧的是，她发现钱包被偷了。
in dismay: 惊慌地；沮丧地; He shook his head in dismay when he saw the damage.看到损坏情况，他沮丧地摇了摇头。
feel dismay: 感到沮丧; Many people feel dismay at the news of layoffs.许多人对裁员的消息感到沮丧。
express dismay: 表示沮丧; The government expressed dismay at the rising crime rate.政府对不断上升的犯罪率表示沮丧。
with dismay: 惊慌地；沮丧地; They watched the accident with dismay.他们惊慌地看着事故的发生。
cause dismay

“迪斯梅”音似“低死没”，情绪低沉到没精神，就是沮丧。

多用于短语 in dismay 或 to one's dismay 中，表示沮丧的情绪或令人沮丧的事情。

All listed words genuinely rhyme with dismay (stress on the second syllable, vowel /eɪ/). No look-alike mismatches here.

Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。

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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