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单词 dismay
释义
dismay
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈsmeɪ/us
/dɪˈsmeɪ/
C2
afeelingofunhappinessanddisappointment:
沮丧，灰心，失望
Aidworkerswere said to have beenfilledwithdismay by theappallingconditionsthat therefugeeswerelivingin.据说援助人员看到难民所处的恶劣生活条件时都感到非常难过。
Thefanswatchedin/withdismay astheirteamlost42–11.球迷们郁闷地看着自己的球队以42比11的比分输掉了比赛。
Shediscovered,toher dismay, that herexamwas awholemonthearlierthan she'dexpected.她郁闷地发现考试比她预料的早了整整一个月。
Synonym
consternation
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sadness and regret
  • aw
  • be/weigh onyourconscienceidiom
  • bitter
  • black dog
  • breastbeating
  • cry
  • feel badidiom
  • gloominess
  • glumness
  • groan
  • guilt
  • guilt complex
  • melancholia
  • regretfully
  • remorse
  • remorseful
  • remorsefully
  • repent
  • repentance
  • repentant
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dismayed
dismay
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈsmeɪ/us/dɪˈsmeɪ/
to make someonefeelunhappyanddisappointed:
Theprospectof more road-building dismaysenvironmentalists.
More examples
  • The thirdquarterdismayedoverseasinvestors.
  • Themayorisgoverningwith an aggressiveness thatdelightssome and dismaysothers.
  • Yourdecisiontopublishsuch anarticledismays me.
  • Hesignalledtwomonthsago that he wouldconsiderchangingthelawtoallowhim torunagain, dismayingopponents.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making people sad, shocked and upset
  • aback
  • amiss
  • appal
  • be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
  • bite
  • haunt
  • heartbreaker
  • heartbreakingly
  • hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
  • horrify
  • mess
  • nerve
  • sensitivity
  • shakesomeoneout ofsomething
  • shakesomeoneup
  • shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
  • shattering
  • shocker
  • tear
  • toxic
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(Definition ofdismayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
dismay
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈsmeɪ/us
/dɪˈsmeɪ/
C2
afeelingofunhappinessanddisappointment
沮丧，灰心，失望
Aidworkerswere said to have beenfilledwithdismay by theappallingconditionsthat therefugeeswerelivingin.据说援助人员看到难民所处的恶劣生活条件时都感到非常难过。
Thefanswatchedin/withdismay astheirteamlost42–11.球迷们郁闷地看着自己的球队以42比11的比分输掉了比赛。
Shediscovered,toher dismay, that herexamwas awholemonthearlierthan she'dexpected.她郁闷地发现考试比她预料的早了整整一个月。

dismay| American Dictionary

dismay
noun[U]
us
/dɪsˈmeɪ/
afeelingofshockandunhappiness:
Shediscovered, to her dismay, that she hadlockedherkeysinside hercar.

dismay

verb[T]us
/dɪsˈmeɪ/
Theyenjoyedthemealbut weredismayedby how much itcost.
(Definition ofdismayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdismay

dismay
However, even in this context, patrician fathers were dismayed to see the lengths to which their sons took this trend.
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During this time, staff used a "priority scoring system," which they experienced as a dismaying process of drastic selection.
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Her professor does not seem to be dismayed by her pragmatic inappropriateness and co-constructs a successful encounter.
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The fire mentioned at the start of this story left us shocked and dismayed.
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He was dismayed by the insincerity, vanity and coldness of the human heart.
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The trade unions were growing in militancy, especially during the years after 1890, and were displaying powers which dismayed a large part of middle-class society.
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I am dismayed by his prejudice against agribusinesses.
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The losses of summer-autumn 1941, dismaying as they were, correspondingly produced no fundamental rethinking of officer policy.
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Most of my friends were dismayed by the alienation.
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Trotter was dismayed by the war hysteria of 1914 - 18, which dismissed pacifism and internationalism as 'the vapourings of cranky windbags'.
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As a climatologist in a geography department it dismays me that often human activity is seen as adjunct to the climate system rather than an integral part.
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They were variously dismayed, appalled, or furious.
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On the left, dismayed, she receives the letter that will prove she has indeed eaten the chatelain's heart as her husband and servant present the evidence.
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Proponents of community policing often feel dismayed at the recklessness with which carefully cultivated relationships are undermined by the authorisation of" fire brigade" tactics at the first suggestion of disorder.
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He was a local rate collector, one who showed forbearance in extracting money from hard-pressed small farmers even though this would have dismayed county officials had they known.
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