Dismay
[dɪs'meɪ] or [dɪs'me]
解释:
(verb.) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; 'I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview'; 'The news of the executions horrified us'.
整理:罗莎--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
(v. i.) To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
(v. i.) To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
(v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
(v. t.) Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
校对:斯宾塞
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Terrify, frighten, appall, affright, scare, daunt, alarm, intimidate, paralyze with fear.
n. Terror, fright, affright, fear, alarm, horror, consternation.
录入:昆西
同义词及反义词:
[See TERROR]
SYN:Affright, astonish, terrify, dishearten, daunt, scare, frighten, appall
ANT:Encourage, rally, inspirit, assure, allure
录入:普勒斯顿
解释:
v.t. to terrify: to discourage.—n. loss of strength and courage through fear.—n. Dismay′edness.—adj. Dismay′ful (Spens.).
录入:提托
例句:
- The news that Dejah Thoris had promised her hand to Sab Than filled him with dismay. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Now, indeed, dismay seized me--dismay and regret. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- My sweet little lady overwhelmed me with dismay; her air of native elegance froze my very marrow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- With dismay and anger they heard Jesus sweeping away their dear securities. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- She quite gloated on these questions and answers, so keen was her enjoyment of Sarah Pocket's jealous dismay. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- They were nothing--dross that could not dismay me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It suddenly struck her that it might be from Lady Catherine; and she anticipated with dismay all the consequent explanations. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- I'm not playing, I never do, said Frank, dismayed at the sentimental predicament out of which he was to rescue the absurd couple. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I had my own reasons for being dismayed at this apparition; too well I remembered the perfidious hints given by Mrs. Reed about my disposition, &c. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- They understood how difficult it is to transmit knowledge without putting initiative in jeopardy and that quiet int ellect is easily dismayed in the presence of bold speech. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- They were not however the less astonished and dismayed when it appeared among themselves. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- These data revealed the fact that the quantity of copper required for the main conductors would be exceedingly large and costly; and, if ever, Edison was somewhat dismayed. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- He was astonished, but by no means dismayed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Poor Worcester was half blinded with his: and, seriously, a man going to be hanged could not well have appeared more discouraged or dismayed. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
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