Dispirit
[dɪ'spɪrɪt]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.
(v. t.) To distill or infuse the spirit of.
校對:凯特
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Dishearten, depress, deject, discourage.
校對:维多利亚
同義詞及反義詞：
[See ENCOURAGE]
編輯:弗吉尼亚
解釋/意思:
v.t. to dishearten: to discourage.—p.adj. Dispir′ited dejected: feeble spiritless.—adv. Dispir′itedly.—n. Dispir′itedness.—p.adj. Dispir′iting disheartening.—n. Dispir′itment.
阿斯特編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- We retired from the debate which had followed on his nomination: we, his nominators, mortified; he dispirited to excess. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- And Birkin, who, for some reason was now tired and dispirited, said to him: 'I always feel doomed when the train is running into London. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Herbert, coming to my bedside when he came in,--for I went straight to bed, dispirited and fatigued,--made the same report. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Slowly the weary, dispirited creatures, wound their way into the room, and, with crouching reluctance, presented their baskets to be weighed. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Ginevra lived her full life in a ball-room; elsewhere she drooped dispirited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- For some time all the energies of the Prophet were concentrated upon rallying his followers, who were evidently much dispirited. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Her mind was so much weakened that she still fancied present exertion impossible, and therefore it only dispirited her more. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- It was a great happiness to get away after this dragging, dispiriting delay. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I wasted so much time praying that the roof would fall in on these dispiriting flunkies that I had but little left to bestow upon palace and pictures. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
整理:泰丝