If you are dismayed, something unpleasant has happened, or just come to light, and you feel worried, disappointed, and thrown off all at once. It is the drop in the stomach when the only day you can visit, the museum is shut; when a plan you trusted falls apart; when news is worse than you had let yourself hope. Your face falls. You were not ready for this.

If you are dismayed如果你dismayed（大失所望），something unpleasant has happened, or just come to light表示有不愉快的事發生了，或剛被發現，and you feel worried, disappointed, and thrown off all at once你會同時感到擔心、失望，又亂了陣腳。It它is the drop in the stomach就是那種心往下一沉的感覺，when the only day you can visit, the museum is shut像是你唯一能去的那天，博物館卻沒開；when a plan you trusted falls apart或是你信賴的計畫突然全部落空；when news is worse than you had let yourself hope又或是消息比你敢期待的還要糟。Your face你的表情falls垮了下來。You你were not ready for this完全沒有心理準備。

Though actually, it is more sudden than a long sadness, and more disappointed than plain fear.

Though actually不過其實，it它is more sudden than a long sadness比長時間的悲傷更突然，and more disappointed than plain fear也比單純的害怕更帶著失望。

News writing loves it: Fans were dismayed by the decision. In casual talk, students more often say I was so upset, or that really got to me.

News writing新聞寫作loves it很愛用這個字：Fans were dismayed by the decision像是「Fans were dismayed by the decision（球迷對這個決定大失所望）」。In casual talk在口語裡，students學生more often say I was so upset比較常說I was so upset，or that really got to me或that really got to me。

It is almost always about something that has just happened or just been found out. And it is never a happy surprise: if the feeling is good, you want amazed or delighted, not dismayed.

It它is almost always about something that has just happened or just been found out幾乎都是在講剛發生、或剛被發現的事。And而且it is never a happy surprise它從來不是開心的驚喜：if the feeling is good如果那種感覺是開心的，you want amazed or delighted你要用的字是amazed或delighted，not dismayed而不是dismayed。