dismay[dis'mei]

• vt.
  • (因突然的危险等)使完全丧失勇气，使灰心丧气，使胆怯，使气馁，使沮丧，使失望；使幻灭；威吓：

    He was dismayed to learn of their disloyalty.

    他得知他们对他的不忠，感到很失望。

    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。

  • 使惊愕，使惊恐，使吃惊到不安(或丧失勇气)的程度，使丧胆：

    The surprise attack dismayed the enemy troops.

    突然袭击使敌军丧胆。

    She was dumbly dismayed at the news.

    听见那消息她惊愕得发呆了。

  • 使不安：

    The boy's failing grades dismayed his parents.

    这名男孩不能升级令父母不安。

• n.
  • 失望，绝望，气馁，灰心，沮丧；幻灭
  • 惊愕，惊恐，丧胆
  • 不安
• 近义词:

  appall.horrify.daunt