挫cuò ❶ (挫折；失败) defeat;frustrate: 受 ～ suffer a setback
❷ (压下去；降低) subdue;lower: ～ 敌人的锐气 deflate the enemy's arrogance；～ 其锋芒 blunt the edge of one's advance；
抑扬顿 ～ rising and falling in cadence;rhythmical
◆挫败 frustrate;foil;thwart;defeat;suffer a setback；
挫伤 {医} contusion;bruise;contused wound;dampen;deflate;blunt;discourage；
挫折 setback;reverse;frustration;frustrate;subdue |