Deject
[dɪ'dʒekt]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To cast down.
(v. t.) To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.
(a.) Dejected.
編輯:米考伯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Dishearten, dispirit, discourage, depress, make despondent, make sad.
校對:托妮
解釋/意思:
v.t. to cast down the countenance or spirits of.—adj. (Shak.) cast down.—adj. Deject′ed cast down: dispirited.—adv. Deject′edly.—ns. Deject′edness; Dejec′tion lowness of spirits: (pl.) féŽal discharge (also dejecta).—adj. Dejec′tory promoting evacuations.
校對:索尼亚
例句/造句/用法:
- Anger and hatred bestow a new force on all our thoughts and actions; while humility and shame deject and discourage us. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The other teachers, poor things, were generally themselves too much dejected to attempt the task of cheering others. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- A minute ago, the boy had looked the quiet child, mild, dejected creature that harsh treatment had made him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- She crept to her couch, chill and dejected. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Everything was bowed down, dejected, oppressed, and broken. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- He was for ever busy; and the only check to his enjoyments was my sorrowful and dejected mien. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Sometimes I joined him; at such times his countenance was invariably solemn, his air dejected. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- He was pale and dejected, stained with dust, and exhausted with hunger and fatigue. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
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