dismay

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n. 沮丧 vt. 使惊愕, 使气馁

发音

US /dɪsˈmeɪ/

词形变化

dismayed dismaying dismays 三单 dismays dismaying 现在分词 dismayed 过去式 dismayed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

沮丧，灰心；惊慌

动词

使沮丧；使惊慌

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits

    不可数

    He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.

  2. 2.

    Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.

    不可数
v. C1
  1. 1.

    To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy.

  2. 2.

    To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.

  3. 3.

    To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

alarm discouragement consternation disheartenment

上位词 4

fear despair fright fearfulness

下位词 1

intimidation
动词

同义词 10

alarm depress horrify appall demoralize appal cast down deject demoralise dispirit

上位词 5

scare frighten fright discourage affright

下位词 5

shock chill acerbate embitter envenom

词源

From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”). Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæġen (“might, main”), Old High German magan, mugan (“to be powerful, able”), Old English magan (“to be able”). Cognate with Portuguese desmaiar (“to faint”) and Spanish esmayar. See also Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. More at main, may.

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