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

• After hearing the news of the defeat, she told supporters not to be downhearted.
  听到失败的消息，她告诉支持者们不要沮丧。
• To become depressed, dejected or downhearted due to one's immediate situation or pre decadent.
  因目前的情形或困境变得沮丧，灰心或无精打采的。
• 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。
• It's much downhearted than I have ever imagined when this day comes at last.
  当这一天真正来临时，伤感的绪比我想象的要浓很多。
• 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。
• I have not become downhearted or low-spirited.
  我并没有灰心或消沉。
• 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。
• Bobby: kelly, what's wrong? You look so downhearted.
  鲍比：凯莉，怎么了？你看起来闷闷不乐的。
• 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。
• No one is downhearted here.
  此间没有一个人情绪低落。