dishearten
verb🔊/dɪsˈhɑːtn/
🔊/dɪsˈhɑːrtn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dishearten | 🔊/dɪsˈhɑːtn/ 🔊/dɪsˈhɑːrtn/ |
| he / she / it disheartens | 🔊/dɪsˈhɑːtnz/ 🔊/dɪsˈhɑːrtnz/ |
| past simple disheartened | 🔊/dɪsˈhɑːtnd/ 🔊/dɪsˈhɑːrtnd/ |
| past participle disheartened | 🔊/dɪsˈhɑːtnd/ 🔊/dɪsˈhɑːrtnd/ |
| -ing form disheartening | 🔊/dɪsˈhɑːtnɪŋ/ 🔊/dɪsˈhɑːrtnɪŋ/ |
- dishearten somebody
to make somebody lose hope or confidence 使沮丧；使失去信心；使灰心