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单词 dispirited
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Definition of dispirited in English:

dispirited

adjective dɪˈspɪrɪtɪddəˈspɪrədəd
  • Having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened.

    she was determined to appear unworried in front of her dispirited family
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Handed a dispirited, defeated force, he instilled into it the will to win.
    • He reached the edge of the penalty area and the dispirited Croatia defence opened up for him.
    • He took a broken and dispirited fleet and turned it quickly into the force that would win the Pacific theater.
    • Some dispirited broadcasters left radio and television altogether.
    • Trojans put their recent woes behind them as they brushed aside a dispirited Beckwithshaw side.
    • This was a blow from which the already dispirited Newman never fully recovered.
    • The public, after a dispirited delay, revolted.
    • I realized how our leadership brings forth mediocre organizations and dispirited people.
    • The bosses of the leather-curing establishments he met were by and large a dispirited lot.
    • The ragged and dispirited Americans made camp at Valley Forge.
    • An aging and dispirited workforce cannot continue under the stress much longer.
    • Democrats are more dispirited today than they have been in years.
    • Behind in races, he would find himself becoming dispirited and not fighting as hard as he should.
    • I take objection to being grouped in with the dispirited parents.
    • An outsider could immediately sense the dispirited pessimism that overtook Azariya.
    • Demoralising idleness and the humiliation of charity or relief work left the unemployed dispirited, apathetic, or divided.
    • The cast members are illiterate, dispirited convicts with a leading lady who is about to be hanged.
    • Activists who have fought land rights battles inspired by the Constitution are a weary, dispirited lot.
    • On an island in the middle of the pond, cormorants hunch like dispirited monks.
    • Any bars that are still left standing have dispirited serving girls.

Derivatives

  • dispiritedly

  • adverbdɪˈspɪrɪtɪdlidəˈspɪrədədli
    • There are one or two other people slouching around the departure area dispiritedly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He wondered where she was, and scanned the map of America in front of him… could be anywhere… he thought dispiritedly…
      • This, I think dispiritedly between gulps of air, is the story of my life.
      • ‘I have,’ Tash answered, looking slightly dispiritedly at the people around her. ‘I just wish it wasn't necessary.
      • Ella wondered dispiritedly if it were perhaps her fault, if there had been something she had done earlier on that made his condition worse rather than improving it.
  • dispiritedness

  • noun
    • There is no effort to hide the blandness and utter dispiritedness of that future.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Most importantly, we have tools to fight the pitiful dispiritedness that has taken over newsrooms nationally.
      • One of the chief advantages of flow is that it enables people to escape the state of ‘psychic entropy,’ the distraction, depression, and dispiritedness that constantly threaten them.
      • Standing in the middle of the Main Street, looking at the crowd in front of him, his light-heartedness was quickly overwhelmed by dispiritedness.
      • Even though the dispiritedness of some of our colleagues disempowered the organizations, they continued to renew themselves in quality and in quantity went from 20 groups to 40 groups.

Definition of dispirited in US English:

dispirited

adjectivedəˈspɪrədəddəˈspirədəd
  • Having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened.

    she was determined to appear unworried in front of her dispirited family
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I take objection to being grouped in with the dispirited parents.
    • He took a broken and dispirited fleet and turned it quickly into the force that would win the Pacific theater.
    • Any bars that are still left standing have dispirited serving girls.
    • Democrats are more dispirited today than they have been in years.
    • The bosses of the leather-curing establishments he met were by and large a dispirited lot.
    • Trojans put their recent woes behind them as they brushed aside a dispirited Beckwithshaw side.
    • This was a blow from which the already dispirited Newman never fully recovered.
    • Behind in races, he would find himself becoming dispirited and not fighting as hard as he should.
    • An outsider could immediately sense the dispirited pessimism that overtook Azariya.
    • Demoralising idleness and the humiliation of charity or relief work left the unemployed dispirited, apathetic, or divided.
    • Handed a dispirited, defeated force, he instilled into it the will to win.
    • On an island in the middle of the pond, cormorants hunch like dispirited monks.
    • The cast members are illiterate, dispirited convicts with a leading lady who is about to be hanged.
    • Some dispirited broadcasters left radio and television altogether.
    • I realized how our leadership brings forth mediocre organizations and dispirited people.
    • He reached the edge of the penalty area and the dispirited Croatia defence opened up for him.
    • The public, after a dispirited delay, revolted.
    • The ragged and dispirited Americans made camp at Valley Forge.
    • Activists who have fought land rights battles inspired by the Constitution are a weary, dispirited lot.
    • An aging and dispirited workforce cannot continue under the stress much longer.
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