de·ject /dɪˈʤɛkt, di-/
 (vt.)使沮喪,使灰心


 De·ject v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting.]
 1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]
    Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.   --Udall.
    Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.   --Fuller.
 2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.
    Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind.   --Pope.


 De·ject, a.  Dejected. [Obs.]

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 deject
      v : lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news
          depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health
          demoralizes her" [syn: depress, cast down, get down,
           dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise] [ant:
          elate]