dismay

[dis'mei]

n.沮丧, 绝望
vt.使 ... 沮丧, 使 ... 惊愕

n.

惊慌, 沮丧, 气馁[U]

To his dismay, James saw a tear steal down her cheek.

令詹姆士惊愕的是, 他看到一颗泪珠从她面颊上悄悄滚落。

vt.

使惊慌, 使沮丧, 使气馁[H][(+at/by)]

The teacher was dismayed at the students' lack of response.

老师对学生的毫无反应感到沮丧。

词形变化

副词: dismayingly | 动词过去式: dismayed | 动词过去分词: dismayed | 动词现在分词: dismaying | 动词第三人称单数: dismays |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.使惊慌, 使沮丧

bewilder  disturb  embarrass  bother  confuse  alarm  frighten  

同义参见:

horror  terror  consternation  daunt  appall  fright  horror  funk  

反义:

n.惊慌, 沮丧, 气馁

cheer  

英英释义

名词 dismay:

the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

同义词：discouragement, disheartenment

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

同义词：alarm, consternation

动词 dismay:

lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

同义词：depress, deject, cast down, get down, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise

fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

同义词：alarm, appal, appall, horrify

补充

dismaydismay英:[disˈmei] 美:[dɪsˈme]vt.1.使惊愕, 使焦虑, 使气馁The thought that she might fail the history test dismayed her.想到历史可能考不及格时, 她很沮丧。I was dismayed to learn that she had failed again.得知她又一次失败, 我感到惊愕。n.1.惊愕, 气馁I am filled with dismay at the news.我对这个消息极为震惊。To their dismay, the door was locked.使他们惊慌的是, 门已被锁上了。“Someone stole my house!” she said in dismay.“有人偷了我们家!”她惊恐地说。I was dismayed when I recongnized the voice of Mrs. Bates.当我听出是贝茨夫人的声音时, 我感到丧气。

例句

1. Lucy discovered to her dismay that she was pregnant.露西惊慌地发现自己怀孕了。 2. I discovered, much to my dismay, that the house was no longer there.我很慌乱地发现房子已不在那里了。 3. Reynolds expressed dismay at this idea.雷诺兹对这种想法表示不安。 4. The ministers expressed dismay at the continued practice of ethnic cleansing.部长们表达了对持续进行的种族清洗的忧虑。 5. Ambassadors spoke of the problems with dismay.大使们焦虑地谈到这些问题。 6. Local councillors have reacted with dismay and indignation.地方政务委员们的反应是惊慌和愤怒。 7. He gasped in dismay.他惊恐地倒抽了一口气。 8. Meg looked up at her in dismay.梅格抬起头不安地看着她。 9. The thought of leaving dismayed him.想到要离开, 他感到沮丧。 10. The thought that she was crying dismayed him.想到她在哭泣, 他伤心不已。 11. I was dismayed by their decision to replace Reynolds with a younger man.他们决定要用一个更年轻的人换掉雷诺兹, 这让我心灰意冷。 12. The committee was dismayed by what it had been told.委员会为他们所获知的情况担忧。 13. He was dismayed to learn of their disloyalty.他得知他们对他的不忠，感到很失望。 14. They were dismayed to find that the house had been washed away.他们发现房子被水冲走了感到沮丧。 15. The surprise attack dismayed the enemy troops.突然袭击使敌军丧胆。 16. She was dumbly dismayed at the news.听见那消息她惊愕得发呆了。 17. The boy's failing grades dismayed his parents.这名男孩不能升级令父母不安。 18. they were dismayed by the U-turn in policy.政治上的180度大转弯让他们惊愕。 19. to his dismay, she left him.让他悲痛的是，她离开了他。 20. I was dismayed to hear that my old school had been knocked down.听说我的母校已经拆掉，我很伤心。 21. Her choice of career dismays her parents.她的职业选择让父母担忧。 22. "What especially dismayed [=upset, bothered] me was that no one else protested."尤其让我感到沮丧的是其他人都没反对。 23. She was very dismayed to learn/discover that he was so ill.当她得知/发现他病得那么厉害时，她非常担忧。 24. I was dismayed by/at his indifference.他的冷漠让我很失望。 25. her dismaying indifference她让人失望的冷漠 26. dismayingly indifferent让人失望地冷漠 27. His comments were met with cries of dismay.他的评论引来阵阵担忧声。 28. They watched in dismay as the house burned.房子着火时，他们沮丧地看着。 29. "Much to the dismay of her fans, she announced her retirement immediately after the book's release."让粉丝们大为失望的是，书出版后她立即宣布退休了。 30. "To my dismay, I did not get chosen for the job."令我沮丧的是，我没被选中做那份工作。 31. We listened with dismay to the news of the accident.听着那次事故的消息，我们很担心。