英:[dɪspɪrɪ'tɪdlɪ]
美:[dɪspɪrɪ'tɪdlɪ]
英:[dɪspɪrɪ'tɪdlɪ]
美:[dɪspɪrɪ'tɪdlɪ]
Adverb
1. in a dispirited manner without hope;
"the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances"
dis- + spirit
The first known use of dispirit was in 1647
displeaseverb
to cause to feel disapproval, dislike, or annoyance
was displeased by the delay
display1 of 2verb
to put in plain view the results displayed on a computer screen display toys in a store window
display the flag
to make clear the existence or presence of : make a display of
display anger
display2 of 2noun
a showing of something
an electronic device (as a cathode-ray tube in a computer or radar receiver) that gives information in visual formalso: the visual information
overdone or unnecessary show
an attractive exhibition
display1 of 2verb
to put in plain view the results displayed on a computer screen display toys in a store window
display the flag
to make clear the existence or presence of : make a display of
display anger
display2 of 2noun
a showing of something
an electronic device (as a cathode-ray tube in a computer or radar receiver) that gives information in visual formalso: the visual information
overdone or unnecessary show
an attractive exhibition
display1 of 2verb
to put in plain view the results displayed on a computer screen display toys in a store window
display the flag
to make clear the existence or presence of : make a display of
display anger
display2 of 2noun
a showing of something
an electronic device (as a cathode-ray tube in a computer or radar receiver) that gives information in visual formalso: the visual information
overdone or unnecessary show
an attractive exhibition
displaceverb
to remove from a usual or proper placeespecially: to expel or force to flee from home or homeland
displaced persons
to remove physically out of position
water displaced by a floating object
to take the place of : replace
displacementnoun
the act of displacing : the state of being displaced
the volume or weight of a fluid (as water) displaced by a floating body (as a ship) of equal weight
the difference between the first position of an object and any later position
the volume displaced by a piston (as in a pump or engine) in a single strokealso: the total volume displaced in this way by all the pistons in an internal-combustion engine (as of an automobile)
displaceverb
to remove from a usual or proper placeespecially: to expel or force to flee from home or homeland
displaced persons
to remove physically out of position
water displaced by a floating object
to take the place of : replace
displaceverb
to remove from a usual or proper placeespecially: to expel or force to flee from home or homeland
displaced persons
to remove physically out of position
water displaced by a floating object
to take the place of : replace
dispiritverb
to deprive of cheerful spirit : dishearten
dispiritverb
to deprive of cheerful spirit : dishearten
1 The colonel felt in his pockets, then dropped his hands dispiritedly.
2 This commodification of womanhood is dispiriting, albeit unsurprising.
3 "And it's little worth his while to make the journey to see me," said he, dispiritedly.
4 There it sat, refusing to decompose, for several days, until I finally went out and dispiritedly moved both layers to the garbage can.
5 A traveler in the rural South in the summertime is always eating dinner, dispiritedly, in the barely waning heat of the day.
6 He started to protest, but she shook her golden head dispiritedly.
7 The Cap'n's hand dropped dispiritedly from his clutch at his pocket.
8 I asked dispiritedly, for the sudden tumbling into one's life of a father whom all honest men must hate and loathe darkened all my sky like a thunder-cloud on a summer day.
9 At length he said, dispiritedly— “‘Go through with your folly then.
10 I hate to see those who work dispiritedly.
我讨厌见到工作时没精打采的人。
11 Some may find that notion dispiriting.
12 With a sound between a grunt and a groan he put it back into his pocket and dawdled dispiritedly off into the other room to his bunk behind the tarpaulin.
13 She knows him under both aspects, as the moon of Florence is the same which shines in London, though she has put off her Italian glory, and hurries dispiritedly through the gloomy skies of England.
14 The first is from Mr. Harbach, who, noting how far and wide the writing program aesthetic has traveled, comments, somewhat dispiritedly, “We are all M.F.A.s now.”
15 When they released him he turned dispiritedly and left the room in docile silence.
16 Our dogs were still; with bowed heads, tails drooping, they pulled the sledges dispiritedly.
17 “Well, we haven’t gotten very far with our adventure,” he said, a bit dispiritedly.
18 No more than a dozen men were in there talking earnestly but dispiritedly.
19 While many artists said they were dispirited by the slow pace of progress, others said they were encouraged by recent efforts to bring attention to the disparities.
20 Theodora, who was washing the tea dishes while Priscilla wiped them, took her usual course and began to cry dispiritedly and forlornly.