| 单词 | downcast |
| 释义 | downcast I. archaic II. 1. 2. 3. III. 1. 2. of looks 3. < a downcast mine shaft > Synonyms: < their smiling faces became downcast, their eyes held a look of furtiveness and uneasiness — Francis Birtles > dispirited indicates low-spiritedness and discouragement, usually after failure or disappointment < they could make no impression, and fell back at daybreak beaten and dispirited — J.A.Froude > < a fragile, dispirited gentlewoman who appeared to find everything in the world immeasurably sad and who spoke mostly in the past tense — Jean Stafford > dejected may imply more utter lowering of spirits and remarkable loss of hope, courage, and strength < timorous and dejected, apprehending themselves to be haunted and possessed with vengeful spirits — William Bartram > depressed implies a sinking under heavy burdens, often economic ones; it may describe chronic underprivilege or indicate psychological incapacity for hope, gladness, or even purposive activity < the depressed populations of the ghettos of the Middle East and North Africa — John Hersey > < depressed by his failures and contemplating suicide > < depressed and stolid after the manic phase > disconsolate describes one so utterly dispirited that he cannot be consoled, comforted, or encouraged < the Jews sat disconsolate on the poop; they complained much of the cold they had suffered — George Borrow > < the disconsolate frown of a hunter who has seen nothing but warblers all day — James Thurber > woebegone describes the appearance of dejection and defeat, sometimes lugubrious < officers, seamen, and prisoners alike, we were as gaunt and woebegone a crowd as had even been cast ashore from a shipwrecked vessel — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > |
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