Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.是什么意思？

Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.

当败象已呈时，芭芭拉看上去越来越沮丧。

Barbara

n. 芭芭拉；

例句
...the writer Barbara Vine, aka Ruth Rendell.
作家芭芭拉·瓦因，又名露丝·伦德尔

looked

v. 看，瞧( look的过去式和过去分词 )，注意，面向，寻找；

例句
He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question.
他转过头看着这个噤若寒蝉的女孩，又重复了一遍他的问题。

increasingly

adv. 越来越多地，日益，格外，越来越…，愈；

例句
Theirs had been an increasingly attenuated relationship.
他们的关系日益冷淡。

downcast

adj. 情绪低落的，向下的，颓靡；

例句
Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.
当败象已呈时，芭芭拉看上去越来越沮丧。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

defeat

vt. 击败，战胜，挫败，[法]宣告无效，作废；n. 战胜，失败，[法]废除；

例句
...the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588.
西班牙无敌舰队1588年的战败

loomed

v. 隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 )，隐约出现，阴森地逼近；

例句
Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.
文森特赫然耸现在我面前，面色灰白得像一块墓碑。