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    dismay查询结果如下:

    音标:[dɪs'meɪ] 现在分词:dismaying
    过去式:dismayed 过去分词:dismayed
    第三人称单数:dismays 词频:高频常用词
    基本释义/说明:n.沮丧;绝望
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    n.
    惊慌;丧胆;
    He was filled (struck) with dismay at the news.
    他听到这消息惊慌失措.
    He looked at me in (blank) dismay.
    他惊慌地望着我.
    vt.
    使惊慌;
    We were dismayed at the news.
    听到这消息,我们感到惊慌.
    -扩展释义
    n.
    1. 惊慌,沮丧,气馁[U]vt.1. 使惊慌,使沮丧,使气馁[H][(+at/by)]
    Her face registered dismay.
    她脸上流露惊慌的神色。
    vt. 【计算机】
    使...灰心;灰心
    -同义词和反义词
    -dismay的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    Disappointingly inadequate. || Gloomy and bleak. || Depressing.
    “I laughed despite my dismal mood and felt better than I had all night.”
    “This must be ever remembered as a melancholy day, for it brought me the dismal news of my great and good friend, Dr. Samuel Johnson.”
    “Whoever is in the kitchen is a dismal chef who doesn’t taste, love or care about food.”
    Having the emotion of dismay.

    名词 变体/同根词

    The state or quality of being dismal.
    “Before that persistent low-spirit sensation totally takes over, here are a few ideas to put up a barricade against the dismalness.”
    “To wait fruitfully is not to dream away the now, to brood about its dismalness, to protest its unacceptability, all the hallmarks of being bored.”
    “When confronted with an empty tomb in our lives, do we look at the hopefulness of the situation or do we look at the dismalness of the situation?”
    The quality or state of being dismal.
    The state or quality of being dismayed.

    动词 变体/同根词

    dismay的第三人称单数形式
    “But I think the thing that really dismays me, beyond even the faulty reasoning or naive grasp of political realities, is how dull it all is.”
    “What dismays me now is the possibility of Scottish politicians betraying their commitment to young people for political advantage.”
    “The other key lesson, which dismays the report authors, is how dependent Scots of all classes are on expecting others to sort out their problems.”
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