dispirit [sb]
The harsh criticism dispirited the young artist.
严厉的批评使这位年轻艺术家气馁。
使沮丧;使气馁
dispirited — past of dispirit
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使沮丧;使气馁
to make someone feel discouraged or downhearted
The harsh criticism dispirited the young artist.
严厉的批评使这位年轻艺术家气馁。
使士气低落;使沮丧;使气馁。
To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
dispirit
Base
原形
dispirits
3rd person
第三人称单数
dispiriting
-ing
现在分词
dispirited
Past
过去式
dispirited
Past participle
过去分词
The bad news dispirits him.
坏消息使他沮丧。
The failure dispirited the team.
失败使团队气馁。
She has been dispirited by the criticism.
她因批评而气馁。
使沮丧,使气馁
The repeated failures did not dispirit the young scientist; she kept trying new approaches.
接连的失败并没有使这位年轻科学家气馁,她继续尝试新的方法。
Don't let one bad review dispirit you; your book has many other fans.
别让一条差评使你灰心,你的书还有很多其他粉丝。
The team's early losses dispirited the players, but they practiced even harder.
球队早期的失利使队员们沮丧,但他们更加刻苦训练。
The harsh criticism dispirited the young artist.
严厉的批评使这位年轻艺术家气馁。
She was dispirited by the lack of progress.
她对缺乏进展感到沮丧。
He dispirited his teammates with his constant complaints.
他不断抱怨,使队友们士气低落。
Not this
He felt dispirit after the failure.
Use this
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。
Not this
The bad news dispirited him down.
Use this
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。
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