dismayed
dismayed — 形容詞
- dismayedpositive
- more dismayedcomparative
- most dismayedsuperlative
1. feeling sad, worried, or discouraged after something bad or surprising happens —
沮喪的；錯愕
因壞消息而感到難過、擔憂
feeling sad, worried, or discouraged after something bad or surprising happens — for example, hearing the school will close, or watching a project you cared about go wrong.
Yumi was dismayed to find her bicycle missing from the rack outside the library.
Yumi 發現她的腳踏車不在圖書館外的車架上，感到十分錯愕。
be dismayed + to-infinitive after an unwelcome discovery
Many parents felt dismayed by the sudden decision to close the neighbourhood primary school.
許多家長對於突然要關閉社區小學的決定感到非常沮喪。
be dismayed by + noun phrase naming the cause
Christopher looked dismayed when the waiter explained that his wedding cake had been dropped.
當服務生說他的結婚蛋糕被摔到了，Christopher 一臉錯愕。
look dismayed when + clause describing the trigger
The villagers were dismayed that the new road would cut straight through their old market square.
村民們對於新的道路將直接穿越他們的老市場廣場感到沮喪。
be dismayed that + clause
Selim shook his head, clearly dismayed at how quickly his savings had disappeared this month.
Selim 搖搖頭，顯然對自己這個月存款竟然消失得這麼快感到錯愕。
dismayed at + how/wh-clause
- deeply dismayed
- clearly dismayed
- visibly dismayed
- dismayed to learn
- dismayed to discover
- dismayed by the news
- disheartened
stronger sense of losing motivation; common after repeated setbacks
- appalled
stronger and more moral — reserved for shocking or offensive events
- disappointed
milder; about unmet expectations rather than worried shock
- shaken
emphasises emotional unsteadiness after the bad news
- delighted
happily surprised, the opposite reaction to good news
- encouraged
feeling hopeful and motivated
文法句型
be dismayed by/at + noun
be dismayed to + infinitive
be dismayed that + clause
用法筆記
Almost always predicative — you say someone is/feels/looks dismayed, not 'a dismayed person' very often. Subject is typically a person (or group) reacting to specific bad news, an unwelcome change, or a disappointing discovery; the cause usually follows as a by/at-phrase, to-infinitive, or that-clause.