Word · Frequency #32922
dispirited
/disˈpirit/
verb
使沮丧；使气馁
dispirited is the past of dispirit.
核心释义
to make someone feel discouraged or downhearted
- 1.
使士气低落；使沮丧；使气馁。
To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
使士气低落；使沮丧；使气馁。；使沮丧；使气馁
用法In use
The repeated failures did not dispirit the young scientist; she kept trying new approaches.
用法提示：dispirit为及物动词，此处用原形，表示“使…气馁”。
Don't let one bad review dispirit you; your book has many other fans.
用法提示：dispirit作及物动词，带宾语you，表示“使…灰心”。
The team's early losses dispirited the players, but they practiced even harder.
用法提示：dispirited是dispirit的过去式，直接跟宾语players，表示“使…沮丧”。
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]
相关词与表达Connections
易混词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
词族Word family
- dispirits
- third person singular
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