vt. 使...气馁, 使...沮丧

[ verb ]
take away the enthusiasm of
<verb.emotion> put off

Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. {Disheartened} (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Disheartening}.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
spirits of; to deject.

Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
--Macaulay.

Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
terrify.