| 单词 | dismay |
| 释义 | dismay (once / 330 pages) nv If you discover late Sunday night that the dog really did eat your homework, you might cry out in dismay. Dismay describes an emotional state of alarm, fear, or serious disappointment. The first part of dismay comes from the Latin prefix dis-, which comes in handy when you want to put a negative spin on words (dishonest, discount, disenchant, etc.). The last bit of dismay most likely comes from the Germanic word magan, meaning "to be able to." You can employ the word dismay to describe how you feel in a variety of negative situations that you doubt you are able to handle. WORD FAMILYdismay: dismayed, dismaying, dismays+/dismayed: dismayedly, undismayed/dismaying: dismayingly/undismayed: undismayedly USAGE EXAMPLESOfficials expressed dismay over the scenes of slaughter in the Compaj prison, which held more than 1,200 inmates, about triple its official capacity. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “It dismays me that this is a part of the political process,” he said. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Construction began in 2007, to the dismay of some businesses and residents who endured shaking, clanging and dust as the work proceeded. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles Syn|Hypo|Hyper discouragement, disheartenment intimidation the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc. despair the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well 2n fear resulting from the awareness of danger Syn|Hyper alarm, consternation fear, fearfulness, fright an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) 3v lower someone's spirits; make downhearted Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dispirit, get down elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift fill with high spirits; fill with optimism chill depress or discourage discourage deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged 4v fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised Syn|Hypo|Hyper alarm, appal, appall, horrify shock strike with horror or terror affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in |
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