downhearted

英 [ˌdaʊnˈhɑːtɪd]

美 [ˌdaʊnˈhɑːrtɪd]

adj.  情绪低落; 垂头丧气; 悲哀

过去式：downhearted　过去分词：downhearted　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 情绪低落；垂头丧气；悲哀
  feeling depressed or sad
  1. We're disappointed by these results but we're not downhearted.
     我们对结果感到失望，但是并未丧失信心。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 情绪低落的;垂头丧气的;沮丧的
  If you aredownhearted, you are feeling sad and discouraged.
  1. Max sighed, sounding even more downhearted...
     马克斯叹了口气，听上去更沮丧了。
  2. Don't be too downhearted. There's always a way.
     别太悲观了，总有办法的。

英英释义

adj

• filled with melancholy and despondency
  1. gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
  2. gloomy predictions
  3. a gloomy silence
  4. took a grim view of the economy
  5. the darkening mood
  6. lonely and blue in a strange city
  7. depressed by the loss of his job
  8. a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
  9. downcast after his defeat
  10. feeling discouraged and downhearted
  Synonym:gloomygrimbluedepresseddispiriteddown(p)downcastdown in the mouthlowlow-spirited

双语例句

• Hsin-mei laughed at him for getting so downhearted and said," if you can't take a blow any better than that, you'll never have a successful love affair. "
  辛楣笑他颓丧，说：“你这样经不起打击，一辈子恋爱不会成功。”
• Don't be too downhearted. There's always a way.
  别太悲观了，总有办法的。
• He failed in being admitted to a university. Even then he was not downhearted.
  尽管大学没考上，他也毫不气馁。
• The individual character setback in physical education is students, while pursuing a certain study goal, for the conflicts between the goal and obstacle, among the goal and motive, make students experience a kind of frustrated, downhearted, and pessimistic mood.
  体育课中的个性挫折是学生在追求某种学习目标时，由于目标与障碍之间、目标与动机之间发生冲突，使学生主体体验到一种失意、消沉、悲观的情绪。
• No one would suspect that she had ever been downhearted because of Ashley and Melanie.
  这样，人家才不会疑心她因希礼和媚兰的事曾经感觉过灰心。
• But I can never forget about Ah Mui disguised as a male singing Cantonese opera to "12 Siu", and being so downhearted in drowsy smoky atmosphere.
  但忘不了阿梅一身男装对着12少唱起粤曲，还有烟雾弥漫中的颓废。
• I have not become downhearted or low-spirited. The collision foundered the ship.
  我并没有灰心或消沉。撞击使该船进水沉没。
• Very few remembered to look toward the northwest to see whether the comet and its wicked tail were still around One evening, Will Bowen called dad on the telephone and said, Charley, I'm downhearted and blue.
  几乎没人还记得要看看那西北方是否还有哈雷彗星和它那邪恶的尾巴的踪迹一天晚上，威尔鲍温给爸爸打来电话，说查理，我很失落很担心。
• Tom was downhearted, but tried hard not to show it.
  汤姆虽然也意志消沉，却尽力不流露出来。
• But while some of these cases are continuing, and a fresh wave of claims may result as the 2006 pay-out season beds down, employers should not feel too downhearted.
  不过，虽然其中部分诉讼案仍在继续，且随着2006年奖金派发季节告一段落，可能会出现新一轮索偿行动，但是，雇主们应不至于感到过分沮丧。