For days he had drooped about the empty chicken run, too dispirited to crow.

来，它总耷拉着脑袋在空荡荡鸡场上发闷，也提不起精神来啼叫了。

The home permanent wasn't repeated and the new clothes took on a matted, dispirited look, but the teasing had dropped back to its pre-Christmas levels and the taunting stopped entirely.

自家烫头发没有再重新做过，那身新衣服开始显得暗淡，没精打采，但对她嘲笑已经又回复到了圣诞节假期前程度，羞辱已经彻底停止了。

At a time when so many people are dispirited by the deep divisions in our country, when our politics seem so dysfunctional, our graduates are taking up the cause of public service by running for office in record numbers.

在我这个国家深刻分歧让很人感到沮丧时候，当我治看起来如此功能失调时，我毕业生正以创纪录数量竞选公职，从事公共服务事业。