中英互译
discomfiture
英 /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃə(r)/美 /dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃər/
基本释义
- n.狼狈;挫败,崩溃
双语例句
- I laughed my head off when I heard of his discomfiture.听到别人说起他的狼狈相,我放声大笑。
- He was really not masterful enough mentally, and he had witnessed her discomfiture.他的确在精神上不够老练,况且他亲眼见到了她的狼狈情况。
- To court their own discomfiture by love is a common instinct with certain perfervid women.有些性情热烈的女人,平常总是为了爱情而自寻苦恼。
网络短语
- awkard embarrassed discomfiture尴尬
词语扩展
n.
狼狈;挫败,崩溃
vt.
discomfit挫败;扰乱,破坏;使…为难;使…破灭
英英释义
- n.anxious embarrassment
词源
- discomfitureFrom Old French desconfiture (“rout, defeat”) (French déconfiture).