disheartened

英 [dɪsˈhɑːtnd]

美 [dɪsˈhɑːrtnd]

adj.  灰心的;失望的;气馁的

过去式：disheartened　过去分词：disheartened　

BNC.41606 / COCA.34933

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 灰心的;失望的;气馁的
  If you aredisheartened, you feel disappointed about something and have less confidence or less hope about it than you did before.
  1. He was disheartened by their hostile reaction.
     他们的敌对反应让他打了退堂鼓。

英英释义

adj

• made less hopeful or enthusiastic
  1. desperate demoralized people looking for work
  2. felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
  3. the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
  Synonym:demoralizeddemoraliseddiscouraged

双语例句

• He was disheartened by their hostile reaction.
  他们的敌对反应让他打了退堂鼓。
• She became quite dejected, disheartened from all further effort on her own part whatever.
  她十分抑郁，十分灰心，无论怎么也不想自己再往上努力了。
• He was not disheartened, and he continued with his researches.
  他没有失去信心，仍然继续自己的研究。
• I'm back here disheartened.
  我只好又怅怅的跑回来。
• He had felt depressed and disheartened.
  他觉得沮丧和气馁。
• Col.3:21 Fathers, do not vex your children, that they may not be disheartened.
  西三21作父亲的，不要惹你们儿女的气，免得他们灰心丧志。
• This time, as last time, he should not be disheartened.
  与上次一样，这一次奥巴马也不应该感到沮丧。
• Those young men are too easily disheartened by difficulties.
  那些年青人遇到困难时太容易泄气了。
• Even if things dont unfold the way you had expected, dont be disheartened or give up.
  即使事情并不如你所愿，也不要灰心或者放弃。
• We do not be disheartened, cannot be unrealistically optimistic either.
  我们既不要悲观失望，也不能盲目乐观。