| 单词 | dismaying |
| 释义 | dismaying (once / 20994 pages) adj WORD FAMILY dismaying: dismayingly+/dismay: dismayed, dismaying, dismays/dismayed: dismayedly, undismayed/undismayed: undismayedly USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s dismaying to see how accurately George Orwell’s 1943 essay on the Spanish Civil War predicted the present moment. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) Researchers were “shocked” by students’ “stunning and dismaying consistency” to evaluate information at even as basic a level as distinguishing advertisements from articles. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) But their success is dismaying precisely because it goes against a particular idea of Anglo-American exceptionalism. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) adj causing consternation Syn appalling alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger |
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