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disheartened

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·heart·ened /dɪsˈhɑːtnd $ -ɑːrtnd/ adjective formal  DISAPPOINTEDdisappointed, so that you lose hope and the determination to continue doing something 沮丧的,气馁的,灰心的 If young children don’t see quick results they grow disheartened. 如果小孩子不能很快地看到成果,他们会变得灰心。dishearten verb [transitive]
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disheartenedEach day, Lou came back from the mailbox disheartened.My only worry is that, with the ground drying up, they might go so fast that he gets disheartened.A disheartened army continued towards Taunton where, hearing of the superior army approaching from London, Warbeck slipped away.
dis·heart·ened adjectiveChineseSyllable
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disheartened
disheartened /dɪsˈhɑːtnd $ -ɑːrtnd/ adjective formal
 Word Family: adjective: heartened ≠ disheartened, hearteningdisheartening, heartless, hearty; noun: heart, heartlessness, heartiness; adverb: heartily, heartlessly, hearteninglydishearteningly; verb: heartendishearten
disappointed, so that you lose hope and the determination to continue doing something:
    If young children don’t see quick results they grow disheartened.
—dishearten verb [transitive]


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