喜樂美語
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    To dishearten someone is to take away their hope, so they lose the will to keep going. It is a verb: bad news can dishearten you; a cold remark can dishearten a whole team. The feeling that follows is disappointment with a heavy edge — not just I wanted a better mark, but I am not sure it is worth trying. It is a little careful and written. In easy talk people more often say I lost heart, it got me down, or I feel like giving up. Though actually, it is not the same as making someone angry, and it is not the same as breaking their heart, which is about love and deep hurt. This word is about hope and continuing. You can dishearten a without meaning to, just by sounding as if the door is closed.

    使灰心；使氣餒

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組成dis- (taking away / the opposite) + hearten (to give someone heart, meaning hope and courage). Hearten itself is heart + -en (to make). So dishearten is to take that heart away.

同家族的字

  • heartenthe same verb without dis-: hearten means to give someone hope
  • heartthe piece inside hearten: people talk about heart as the place of hope and feeling

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

disheartenverb/dɪsˈhɑː.tən/

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    To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.

    • The repeated failures began to dishearten the team.
    • Do not let criticism dishearten you.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。