| 单词 | discomfiture |
| 释义 | dis·com·fi·ture 1. a. < might well have been the scene of the discomfiture of the pursuing Egyptian chariotry — G.W.Murray > b. < the defeated candidate attributed his discomfiture to the disloyalty of party lieutenants > < the champion picked himself up from the floor, grinning wryly at his own discomfiture > : frustration, disappointment < great hopes destined to end in discomfiture > 2. < blushed and lowered her eyes in evident discomfiture > < smiling blandly at my discomfiture > 3. < plunged through countless … hedges and ditches, without apparent discomfiture to her muslin — George Meredith > < the Waterside Workers' Federation has repeatedly demonstrated its strength, often to the discomfiture of the entire commonwealth — E.P.Hohman > |
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