She couldn't disguise her glee at their discomfiture. 他们受挫, 她不禁喜形於色.
She couldn't disguise her glee at their discomfiture. 他们受挫,她不禁喜形于色.
She was easily frightened, and she always carried off her discomfiture by a concession. 她是很容易受惊害怕的,她常常以让步来打发她的窘困。
discomfiture
[ noun ] anxious embarrassment <noun.feeling>
Discomfiture \Dis*com"fi*ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. desconfiture, F. d['e]confiture. See {Discomfort}, v. t., and cf. {Comfiture}.] The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.
Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. --1 Sam. xiv. 20.
A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. --Macaulay.
The Iranian navy's drubbing by the Americans doubled Tehran's discomfiture.