dis.may

dismay的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [disˈmei]
KK音标发音： [dɪsˈme]

dismay的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To destroy the courage or resolution of by exciting dread or apprehension.
使惊恐；使丧气：因有刺激的恐惧或担忧而失去勇气或果断

2. To cause to lose enthusiasm; disillusion:
使失去热情，使幻想破灭：

was dismayed to learn that her favorite dancer used drugs.
获悉她喜爱的舞蹈演员吸毒，她感到很失望

3. To upset or alarm.
使不安，使惊慌

dismay的词性：
n.（名词）

4. A sudden or complete loss of courage in the face of trouble or danger.
丧胆，绝望：在面临麻烦或危险时，突然或完全失去勇气

dismay的词源：

5. Middle English dismaien
中古英语 dismaien

6. from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier
源自 英法语 *desmaiier

7. probably de- [intensive pref.] * see de-
可能为 de- [强调前缀] *参见 de-

8. Old French esmaier [to frighten] from Vulgar Latin *exmag3re [to deprive of power] Latin ex- [ex-] Germanic *magan [to be able to] * see magh-
古法语 esmaier [使害怕，使惊恐] 源自 俗拉丁语 *exmag3re [使无力] 拉丁语 ex- [表示“去除”的意思] 日耳曼语 *magan [能] *参见 magh-

dismay的词性：
adv.（副词）

dismay， appall， daunt， horrify， shake

9. These verbs mean to deprive a person of courage or the power to act as a result of fear or anxiety.
这些动词都指由于害怕或紧张而无勇气或无力去做某事。

10. Dismay is the least specific:
Dismay 是最普通的：

The news of plummeting stock prices dismayed speculators.
股票价格骤然下跌的消息使股民大为失望。

11. Appall implies a sense of helplessness caused by an awareness of the enormity of something:
Appall 含有一种由于某事物的暴虐而造成的无助感：

“for as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land” (Herman Melville).
“因为当可怕的海水将这块郁郁葱葱的陆地围住时” （赫尔曼·麦尔维尔）。

12. Daunt suggests an abatement of courage:
Daunt 暗指勇气的减少：

“captains courageous, whom death could not daunt” (Anonymous ballad).
“勇敢的船长，死亡不会使他们胆怯” （作者不详的民谣）。

13. Horrify implies dread, shock, or revulsion:
Horrify 暗含了害怕、震惊或突变之意：

horrified by the possibility of nuclear war. To
因有可能爆发核战争而害怕

14. shake is to dismay profoundly:
shake 指深深地感到失望：

“A little swift brutality shook him to the very soul” (John Galsworthy).See also Synonyms at fear
“短而快速的暴力行为使他惊恐不已” （约翰·高尔斯华绥）参见同义词 fear