dismay

沮喪、失望、氣餒

She read the rejection letter with obvious dismay.

她讀那封拒絕信時，神情明顯十分沮喪。

驚愕、震驚

There was widespread dismay at the sudden closure of the factory.

工廠突然關閉，引起各界一片驚愕。

使沮喪、使氣餒常用被動

Do not be dismayed by your first failure.

不要因為第一次失敗就氣餒。

使驚愕、使震驚

The sharp rise in prices dismayed local shoppers.

物價大幅上漲讓當地的消費者十分震驚。

令人失望的是、令某人沮喪的是

To my dismay, the tickets had already sold out.

令我失望的是，票早就賣完了。