[with obj.](archaic)make sad or dispirited; depress (古)使沮丧,使灰心,使情绪低落 nothing dejects a trader like the interruption of his profits. 对商人来说,没有什么比妨碍他赚钱更让他丧气的了。
语源
late Middle English (also in the sense 'overthrow, abase, degrade'): from Latin deject- 'thrown down', from the verb deicere, from de- 'down' + jacere 'to throw'