Word · Frequency #32922
dispirit
使沮丧；使气馁
to make someone feel discouraged or downhearted
- 1.
To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
使士气低落；使沮丧；使气馁。
使士气低落；使沮丧；使气馁。；使沮丧；使气馁
In use
The repeated failures did not dispirit the young scientist; she kept trying new approaches.
Don't let one bad review dispirit you; your book has many other fans.
The team's early losses dispirited the players, but they practiced even harder.
dispirit [sb]
The harsh criticism dispirited the young artist.
严厉的批评使这位年轻艺术家气馁。
be dispirited by [sth]
She was dispirited by the lack of progress.
她对缺乏进展感到沮丧。
dispirit [sb] with [sth]
He dispirited his teammates with his constant complaints.
他不断抱怨，使队友们士气低落。
Verb forms
base dispirit · third person dispirits · -ing dispiriting · past dispirited · past participle dispirited
使沮丧，使气馁
Common mistakes
He felt dispirit after the failure.He felt dispirited after the failure.
“dispirit”是动词，表示“使沮丧”；描述人的状态时需用过去分词“dispirited”作形容词。
The bad news dispirited him down.The bad news dispirited him.
“dispirit”已包含“使气馁”之意，添加“down”语义重复，应直接使用及物动词结构。
Connections
Confusing words
- discourage
- 使灰心；劝阻 · discourage 强调通过阻止或劝阻使人失去信心，而 dispirit 更侧重于打击士气使情绪低落
- depress
- 使抑郁；使萧条 · depress 可指经济萧条或心理健康方面的抑郁，而 dispirit 专指精神上的气馁，程度较轻
- dishearten
- 使沮丧；使泄气 · dishearten 与 dispirit 非常接近，但 dishearten 更常用于因失败或困难而失去勇气，dispirit 更强调情绪低落
Word family
- dispirits
- third person singular
- dispirited
- past, past participle
- dispiriting
- 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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.