de·jec·tion /dɪˈʤɛkʃən, di-/
沮喪,糞便
de·jec·tion /-ˈʤɛkʃən/ 名詞
沮喪,排糞
De·jec·tion n.
1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic]
2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
Adoration implies submission and dejection. --Bp. Pearson.
3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
What besides,
Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair,
Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring. --Milton.
4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.]
A dejection of appetite. --Arbuthnot.
5. Physiol. (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces; excrement.
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dejection
n 1: a state of melancholy depression
2: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: fecal
matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool,
ordure]