dejection

IPA/dɪˈdʒekʃn/
IPA/dɪˈdʒekʃn/

dejection — 名詞

1. a low, discouraged state in which someone feels sad after a setback and no longe

1.名詞C2
釋義

沮喪；灰心

失望後提不起勁的低落感

a low, discouraged state in which someone feels sad after a setback and no longer expects things to improve soon.

例句

After the scholarship rejection, Anya sat in quiet dejection by the library steps.

獎學金申請被拒後，Anya 坐在圖書館台階旁，滿心沮喪。

collocation: sit in quiet dejection after bad news

Omar's voice carried clear dejection when the coach named another captain.

教練宣布由別人當隊長時，Omar 的聲音裡帶著明顯的灰心。

dejection shown through a person's voice

常見搭配
  • quiet dejection
  • deep dejection
  • look of dejection
  • show dejection
  • hide one's dejection
  • sink into dejection
同義詞
  • discouragement

    focuses more on losing confidence to continue trying than on the sadness itself

  • despondency

    stronger and more hopeless, often for a deeper or longer-lasting state

  • sadness

    broader and more everyday; does not always imply a setback or defeat

  • gloom

    can describe a person's mood or the atmosphere around a group or place

反義詞
  • hope

    the expectation that things can get better, which dejection lacks

  • cheerfulness

    a light, positive mood rather than a dropped or defeated spirit

文法句型

sink into dejection

hide one's dejection

用法筆記

Usually uncountable and most often used after a disappointment, defeat, or rejection. Stronger and more literary than 'sadness' because it suggests a visible loss of spirit.

常見錯誤

After carrying six boxes upstairs, Omar felt dejection.
After carrying six boxes upstairs, Omar felt exhausted.
'dejection' describes emotional loss of spirit after a setback, not simple physical tiredness.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • sense of dejection
  • look of dejection
  • feeling of dejection

常用片語

  • sink into dejection
  • show dejection
  • hide one's dejection

介系詞搭配

  • dejection after
  • dejection at
  • dejection over