dismaying v. (使)诧异;(使)悲痛;(使)担心,失望(dismay 的现在分词)
adj. 令人震惊的;令人惊恐的
- "I sensed personally more anti-Americanism on this trip than I did at any time during the Cold War, and it was dismaying, " he said.
哈特说:“我个人在这次访问中感受到的反美情绪比我在冷战中的任何时候所感受到的还要强烈。这让人感到沮丧。” - Who could have conjectured the circumstances of my last letter? Friend of my soul, this is terrible, dismaying: it makes one's heart sink, it withers vital energy…
谁能猜想到我上次写信的境况呢?我心灵的知己,这太可怕,太令人沮丧了。我的心为之一沉,浑身的锐气消磨殆尽…… - The debate over the "public option" in health care has been dismaying in many ways.
在许多方面,有关医改“公立选项”的争论都令人沮丧。
dismaying[ adj ]
causing consternation
<adj.all>
appalling conditions
Dismay \Dis*may"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismayed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Dismaying}.] [OE. desmaien, dismaien, OF. esmaier; pref.
es- (L. ex) + OHG. magan to be strong or able; akin to E.
may. In English the pref. es- was changed to dis- (L. dis-).
See {May}, v. i.]
1. To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the
spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy
through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. --Josh. i.
9.
What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
--Fairfax.
2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. [Obs.]
Do not dismay yourself for this. --Spenser.
Syn: To terrify; fright; affright; frighten; appall; daunt;
dishearthen; dispirit; discourage; deject; depress. --
To {Dismay}, {Daunt}, {Appall}. Dismay denotes a state
of deep and gloomy apprehension. To daunt supposes
something more sudden and startling. To appall is the
strongest term, implying a sense of terror which
overwhelms the faculties.
So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed,
The lions roaring through the midnight shade.
--Pope.
Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul
No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control.
--Pope.
Now the last ruin the whole host appalls;
Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls.
--Pope.