Discomfiture
[dɪs'kʌmfɪtʃə]
解释:
(v. t.) The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.
校对:马特
同义词及近义词:
n. Rout, defeat, overthrow, ruin.
科南录入
例句:
- Sir Leicester is whipped in to the rescue of the Doodle Party and the discomfiture of the Coodle Faction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- There was some discomfiture in his tone as he resumed, though he tried to conceal it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Mr. Wopsle, with a majestic remembrance of old discomfiture, assented; but not warmly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Under favour, sir, replied the yeoman, I have another reason for refraining to shoot, besides the fearing discomfiture and disgrace. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- But, after having let herself be surprised in a falsehood, it was doubly stupid to snub the witness of her discomfiture. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- The other apes derived unlimited amusement from Tublat's discomfiture, for Broken Nose was a disagreeable old fellow, whom no one liked, anyway. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- She might tear her long hair and cry her great eyes out, but there was not a person to heed or to deplore the discomfiture. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Whether he was sulky, or whether he was bashful, after his discomfiture in the rose-garden, I can't say. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- And they chuckled inwardly at the idea of the workmen's discomfiture and defeat, in their attempt to alter one iota of what Thornton had decreed. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- This was such a great fall, that I said in discomfiture, O, more than that. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- She got a very cool one, and was glad to hide her discomfiture by turning away to take off her bonnet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Ursula looked at her, and thought how amazingly beautiful she was, flushed with discomfiture. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Though it told against themselves, the joke was too good, and Becky burst out laughing at Rawdon's discomfiture. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- To court their own discomfiture by love is a common instinct with certain perfervid women. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I could make nothing of this, except that it was meant that I should make nothing of it, and I went home again in complete discomfiture. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
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