Dispirit

(v. t.) To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.

(v. t.) To distill or infuse the spirit of.

校对:凯特

• We retired from the debate which had followed on his nomination: we, his nominators, mortified; he dispirited to excess. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And Birkin, who, for some reason was now tired and dispirited, said to him: 'I always feel doomed when the train is running into London. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Herbert, coming to my bedside when he came in,--for I went straight to bed, dispirited and fatigued,--made the same report. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Slowly the weary, dispirited creatures, wound their way into the room, and, with crouching reluctance, presented their baskets to be weighed. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Ginevra lived her full life in a ball-room; elsewhere she drooped dispirited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• For some time all the energies of the Prophet were concentrated upon rallying his followers, who were evidently much dispirited. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Her mind was so much weakened that she still fancied present exertion impossible, and therefore it only dispirited her more. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• It was a great happiness to get away after this dragging, dispiriting delay. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I wasted so much time praying that the roof would fall in on these dispiriting flunkies that I had but little left to bestow upon palace and pictures. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

整理:泰丝