dishearten

动词 v.
/dɪsˈhɑː.tən/    /dɪsˈhɑɹ.tən/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage. transitive
    — The repeated failures began to dishearten the team.

词形变化

disheartens present,singular,third-person disheartening participle,present disheartened participle,past disheartened past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.

Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd
Proto-Germanic *hertô
Proto-West Germanic *hertā
Old English heorte
Middle English herte
English heart
English -en
English hearten
English dishearten
From dis- + hearten.
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