dispirited

英 [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪd]

美 [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪd]

adj.  气馁的; 垂头丧气的; 心灰意懒的

过去式：dispirited　过去分词：dispirited　

TEM8

BNC.33806 / COCA.29039

牛津词典

adj.

• 气馁的；垂头丧气的；心灰意懒的
  having no hope or enthusiasm
  1. She looked tired and dispirited.
     她显得疲倦而且神情沮丧。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 气馁的;沮丧的;心灰意懒的
  If you aredispirited, you have lost your enthusiasm and excitement.
  1. I left eventually at six o'clock feeling utterly dispirited and depressed.
     我一直到6点才极度沮丧和郁闷地离去。

英英释义

adj

• filled with melancholy and despondency
  1. gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
  2. gloomy predictions
  3. a gloomy silence
  4. took a grim view of the economy
  5. the darkening mood
  6. lonely and blue in a strange city
  7. depressed by the loss of his job
  8. a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
  9. downcast after his defeat
  10. feeling discouraged and downhearted
  Synonym:gloomygrimbluedepresseddown(p)downcastdownhearteddown in the mouthlowlow-spirited
• marked by low spirits
  1. a dispirited and divided Party
  2. reacted to the crisis with listless resignation
  Synonym:listless

双语例句

• My friend was old, dispirited, and he wanted to die.
  我的朋友年纪很大，精神很消极，他不想再活在这个世上。
• By the afternoon, however, he was dispirited.
  下半天，他的气儿塌下点去。
• 'But you look dispirited today,' she repeated;' it makes you seem older.'
  ‘可是今天你看起来很沮丧，’她再三地说：‘这使你看上去像是比春天时老了。’
• A dispirited and resigned expression on her face;
  她脸上气馁和消沉的表情；
• It has often been said that a dispirited army goes forth to battle with the certainty of being beaten.
  常有人说：“垂头丧气的军队出去打仗，结果是稳败的”。
• And after Yang resigned, it stood by Bartz for two-and-a-half years, even as investors grew more and more dispirited.
  杨致远辞职后，巴茨接过CEO权杖，干了两年半，而投资者对雅虎却越来越感到沮丧。
• In a dispirited manner without hope.
  以沮丧的、毫无希望的方式。
• The King, however dispirited, ploughs on
  国王虽说沮丧，但仍一往无前。
• She took her place in the witness room, worn and dispirited, but not anxious.
  她在证人室里等候着，很疲乏，很沮丧，可是并不焦急。
• A feeling of dispirited melancholy.
  使人沮丧的忧郁情绪。