deject的词源

英文词源

deject (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 15c., "to throw or cast down," from Old French dejeter (12c.), from Latin deiectus "a throwing down, felling, fall," past participle of deicere "to cast down, destroy; drive out; kill, slay, defeat," from de- "down" + -icere, comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Originally literal; the sense of "depress in spirit" is c. 1500.

中文词源

deject:使沮丧,使灰心

词根词缀: de-向下 + -ject-投,射

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