| 单词 | dismay |
| 释义 | dis·may I. transitive verb 1. a. < shocked and dismayed … by the condescension and contempt to be found at every turn — H.J.Morgenthau > b. < the boy was dismayed to see his idol drunk and in disarray > c. < the naïve scientific belief that the whole is nothing but its parts which so dismayed and irritated Goethe — Philip Toynbee > 2. intransitive verb obsolete Synonyms: < who in one lifetime sees all causes lost, herself dismayed and helpless — Muriel Rukeyser > < an opponent that more than once puzzled Roosevelt, and in the end flatly dismayed him — H.L.Mencken > appall suggests striking with overwhelming dread or with powerlessness before the monstrous, enormous, or shocking < appalled by the magnitude of the tragedy — C.G.Bowers > < the ruffians were so utterly appalled, not only by the false powers of magic, but by veritable powers of majesty and eloquence, that they let her do what she would — Charles Kingsley > < the immense modern Cosmos in which we live — the great Creation of granite, planned in such immeasurable proportions, and moved by so pitiless a mechanism, that it sometimes appalls even its own creators — L.P.Smith > horrify indicates striking with horror at the ghastly or gruesome or revulsion at the hideously offensive; weakened, it is a synonym for shock < to developed sensibilities the facts of war are revolting and horrifying — Aldous Huxley > < she horrified London society by pouring hot tea on a gentleman who displeased her — American Guide Series: Virginia > < Massachusetts owners, horrified by the loss of profits — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > daunt indicates a cowing, subduing, disheartening, or frightening in a venture requiring courage < no adventure daunted her and risks stimulated her — Havelock Ellis > < the attempt to draw the future frontiers of Europe is a daunting and ticklish enterprise — Times Literary Supplement > II. 1. a. < facing with dismay a force too powerful to resist > b. c. < views with dismay the fact that one of his sons may choose to become a composer — Huntington Hartford > 2. obsolete Synonyms: see fear |
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