deject
/dɪˈdʒekt/verb
with obj.
- archaic make sad or dispirited; depress〈古〉使沮丧, 使灰心, 使情绪低落：
nothing dejects a trader like the interruption of his profits.
对商人来说, 没有什么比妨碍他赚钱更让他丧气的了。
词源
late Middle English （also in the sense 'overthrow， abase， degrade'）： from Latin deject- 'thrown down'， from the verb deicere, from de- 'down'+ jacere 'to throw'.