If you are disheartened, you feel disappointed in a heavy way: hope has dropped, and you do not feel like continuing. This is how a person feels, not how a thing is.

If you are disheartened如果你 disheartened（灰心），you feel disappointed in a heavy way你感到很沉重的失望：hope has dropped希望降低了，and而且 you do not feel like continuing你不太想繼續下去。This is how a person feels這是人的一種感覺，not how a thing is而不是形容東西的狀態。

A closed door, a failed test, months of looking with no answer — those can leave you disheartened. It is a little more written than fed up or down, but people do say it in speech.

A closed door一扇關上的門、a failed test一次沒考好的考試、months of looking with no answer找了好幾個月都沒有答案——those can leave you disheartened這些都可能讓你感到灰心。It is a little more written than fed up or down它比 fed up 或 down 更偏書面一點，but不過 people do say it in speech人們口語也真的會這樣說。

Though actually, you can be disheartened and still keep going; the word names the feeling, not a final decision to stop.

Though actually不過其實，you can be disheartened你可以是 disheartened，and而 still keep going仍然繼續下去；the word names the feeling這個字說的是那種感覺，not a final decision to stop而不是要放棄的最終決定。

It does not mean you have no heart (that would be unkind), and it does not mean you are heartbroken (hurt in love). It is the -ed form of the verb: something disheartens you, and then you are disheartened.

It does not mean you have no heart它不是說你沒有心（that would be unkind那樣說就太不客氣了），and而且 it does not mean you are heartbroken它也不是說你心碎了（hurt in love因為感情受傷）。It is the -ed form of the verb它是動詞的 -ed 形式：something disheartens you某件事 disheartens 你，and而 then you are disheartened然後你就 disheartened 了。