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a. 失望的,灰心的



    chagrined
    [ adj ]
    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
    <adj.all>
    felt abashed at the extravagant praisechagrined at the poor sales of his book
    was embarrassed by her child's tantrums


    Chagrin \Cha*grin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chagrined}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Chargrining}.] [Cf. F. chagriner See {Chagrin}, n.]
    To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a
    little chagrined.

    chagrined \chagrined\ adj.
    feeling vexed, especially due to feeling inferior or unworthy
    and hence embarrassed; as, chagrined at the poor sales of his
    book.

    Syn: embarrassed, mortified.
    [WordNet 1.5]

    1. And far from chagrined at having to promise twice as much money, school officials say they were prepared for triplets.
    2. Kristallnacht is well-known in Europe, but Lauder said he was chagrined to find out that only about 10 percent of Americans polled by his foundation had ever heard of it.
    3. Gorbachev, who cut short a U.S. visit to fly to the stricken area, was chagrined by the ethnic politics amid such misery and by the Soviet press criticism of relief efforts as chaotic.
    4. I work hard at my job," he said. "I'm touched because right now, obviously, I'm chagrined and angry at myself as I rethink all this.
    5. The father, played by Marcello Mastroianni, is chagrined to discover that his children have drifted from him and have hidden their failures at work and in marriage.
    6. Within 24 hours, Salomon had wrapped up underwriting commitments from both Goldman, Sachs & Co., which had boycotted the first offering out of concern for its impact on shareholders, and a chagrined Merrill Lynch.
    7. At one base, commanders ordered the bottoms of power poles wrapped with sleeves of slick metal in hopes of keeping the snakes off. They were chagrined to later discover the snakes don't even go up the poles; they prefer the supporting guy wires.
    8. When Boston school test scores were released recently, Timilty School staff members were chagrined to place second in reading to Lewenberg.
    9. But skeptics, some angry and chagrined, abound.
    10. "We're very much chagrined to see him leaving, though ESPN is in good shape," Mr. Granath said.
    11. "Kids who read succeed," association President Richard Dougherty said after the board suggested the card. "Anything that puts barriers in front of that is not good." Residents said they were chagrined by the media attention the card attracted.
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