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

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