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dispirit

🇬🇧 UK/dɪ'spɪrɪt/🇺🇸 US/dis'pirit/
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Definitions

v.

To cause someone to lose enthusiasm or hope; to dishearten or demoralize

使沮丧;使气馁;使失去斗志

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
disnot, apart, away
+
spirbreathe, spirit
+
itto make, having
=dispirit

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Repeated failures did not dispirit the determined entrepreneur.

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