discomfited

英 [dɪsˈkʌmfɪtɪd]

美 [dɪsˈkʌmfɪtɪd]

v.  使困惑; 使窘迫; 使尴尬
discomfit的过去分词和过去式

过去式：discomfited　

GRE

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使困惑;使窘迫;使尴尬
  If youare discomfited bysomething, it causes you to feel slightly embarrassed or confused.
  1. He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan...
     部长对他计划的不理会将使他特别尴尬。
  2. The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament.
     反对派领导人常搞得他在国会中下不来台。

英英释义

noun

• people who are defeated
  1. the Romans had no pity for the defeated
  Synonym:defeated

adj

• disappointingly unsuccessful
  1. disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
  2. their foiled attempt to capture Calais
  3. many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
  4. his best efforts were thwarted
  Synonym:defeateddisappointedfoiledfrustratedthwarted

双语例句

• Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
  于是亚玛力人和住在那山上的迦南人都下来击打他们，把他们杀退了，直到何珥玛。
• He was discomfited by the unexpected questions.
  意料不到的问题使得他十分尴尬。
• Her courage in reporting these issues has discomfited the powers-that-be.
  她报告这些问题的勇气已经使掌权者们不安了。
• What an ass I am, he thought, somewhat discomfited.
  他有些伤感地想，我真是个大笨蛋。
• Bellatrix said nothing, but looked, for the first time, a little discomfited.
  贝拉特里克斯没有说话，但她的神情第一次显得有点困惑。
• He was discomfited by the question.
  他由于那问题备感尴尬。
• Discomfited, I sink onto the bed and take a sip of tea.
  我感到有点沮丧，坐回到床边，喝了口茶。
• Was discomfited by the personal questions; the child felt embarrassed by the attention of the adults.
  被这些私人问题弄得很窘；这个孩子被大人的注意弄得很窘。
• He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan
  部长对他计划的不理会将使他特别尴尬。
• The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament.
  反对派领导人常搞得他在国会中下不来台。