vt. & vi.（使）惊愕或气馁 (cause to) fell with dismay

　～ extremely　极端沮丧
　～ thoroughly　完全气馁
　～ utterly　十分惊愕
　～ at the news　对这消息感到惊愕
　～ by　由于…而沮丧

　Soldiers must never dismay.　军人必须永不气馁。
　The thought that she might fail the history test dismayed her.　想到她的历史可能考不及格时，她很气馁。
　He dismayed his colleagues by refusing the offer.　他拒绝了这项建议，使同事们感到惊讶。
　I was dismayed at the news.　我听到这个消息，很沮丧。
　He was dismayed when he found his wallet gone.　他发现丢了钱包而惊慌失措。
　The speaker was dismayed by the audience's lack of interest.　听众没有兴趣，讲演者感到沮丧。
　The travellers were dismayed to find the bridge had been wash away.　旅行者们发现桥被冲跑了，很沮丧。
　I was dismayed to learn that she had failed again.　得知她又一次失败，我感到失望。
　She in one lifetime sees all causes lost, herself dismayed and hopeless.　一生中，她看见所有事业都归于失败，而她自己则心灰意冷、无比失望。

 ♣ dismay, appal, daunt, horrify
　这组词的共同意思是“引起惊恐、忧郁或使丧失勇气”。其区别在于：dismay指因前景令人沮丧或对某事束手无策，而失去继续干某事的力量；appal指足以把人吓瘫的恐惧，也指遇到无法改变的、使人惊愕的事或物所表现出的无能为力；daunt强调试图干大胆的事，但被威胁或压制，因而停止或退却；而horrify指见到令人毛骨悚然的东西时的一种恐惧和发抖的反应，也可指失去尊严所引起的暂时的厌恶感。

U 惊愕，气馁feeling of shock and discouragement

　feel ～　感到惊愕
　strike ～　使惊恐不安
　fill〔struck〕 with ～　极为惊愕

　I am filled with dismay at the news.　我对这个消息极为震惊。
　To their dismay, the door was locked.　使他们惊慌的是，门已被锁上了。