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单词 dejection
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•jec•tion  (di jekshən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. depression or lowness of spirits.
  2. Medicine, Physiology
    • evacuation of the bowels;
      fecal discharge.
    • excrement.
  • Latin dējectiōn- (stem of dējectiō) a throwing down, equivalent. to dēject(us) (see deject) + -iōn- -ion
  • late Middle English deieccioun 1400–50
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exhilaration.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dejection /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/ n
  1. lowness of spirits; depression; melancholy
  2. faecal matter evacuated from the bowels; excrement
  3. the act of defecating; defecation
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•ject•ed /dɪˈdʒɛktɪd/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. depressed in spirits; disheartened;
    low-spirited:He was dejected when she turned down his proposal.
de•jec•ted•ly, adv.: She answered dejectedly that she had failed.
de•jec•tion /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]feelings of dejection.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•ject•ed  (di jektid),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. depressed in spirits;
    disheartened;
    low-spirited:The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory.
  • deject + -ed2 1575–85
de•jected•ly, adv. 
de•jected•ness, n. 
    discouraged, despondent, dispirited, downhearted, unhappy, miserable.
    happy.

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