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。
• 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 had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two.
  我第一号和第二号的画未得到成功使我很灰心。
• 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。
• If this is not affirmed, people will be disheartened.
  不肯定这一点，就泄气。
• He's easily disheartened by difficulties.
  他一遇困难就灰心丧气。
• The disheartened man then rendezvoused with his cheating mistress to ask her the same questions about his wife.
  他的妻子告诉他，他的情妇几乎和船上的每个男士都睡过觉。
• I get really disheartened because I still can't speak English well.
  我真灰心因为我还是说不好英语。
• Lack of interest that disheartened the instructor;
  缺乏兴趣使教员很泄气；
• The style of these appointments has disheartened pro-market reformers.
  这些任命使亲市场的改革家沮丧万分。