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
dispiriting — present participle of dispirit
使士气低落;使沮丧;使气馁。
to make someone feel discouraged or downhearted
使士气低落;使沮丧;使气馁。
To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
一般现在时
The bad news dispirits him.
坏消息使他沮丧。
一般过去时
The failure dispirited the team.
失败使团队气馁。
现在完成时
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。
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.
别让一条差评使你灰心,你的书还有很多其他粉丝。
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.
球队早期的失利使队员们沮丧,但他们更加刻苦训练。
用法提示:dispirited是dispirit的过去式,直接跟宾语players,表示“使…沮丧”。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子He felt dispirit after the failure.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子The bad news dispirited him down.
正确表达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。
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 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 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
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