Disappoint
[dɪsə'pɒɪnt] or ['dɪsə'pɔɪnt]
解释:
(verb.) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; 'Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage'.
编辑:耶鲁--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil.
(v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
编辑:鲁弗斯
同义词及近义词：
v. a. Balk, frustrate, foil, defeat, battle, disconcert.
校对:马尔科姆
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Betray, deceive, frustrate, baffle, delude, vex, mortify, defeat, foil
ANT:Realize, justify, verify, fulfil, encourage, satisfy, gratify
黛拉校对
解释:
v.t. to frustrate of what is appointed: to deprive one of what he expected.—p.adjs. Disappoint′ed balked: frustrated: (Shak.) unprepared or ill-prepared; Disappoint′ing causing disappointment.—n. Disappoint′ment the defeat of one's hopes: frustration: the vexation accompanying failure.
斐迪南整理
例句:
- It's a pity he should break his neck himself, and disappoint the sight-seers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- In fact it seemed to be pleasanter to him to disappoint than to gratify. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- You have all done more for me than I can ever thank you for, except by doing my best not to disappoint you. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Here you have been abroad nearly six months, and done nothing but waste time and money and disappoint your friends. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- But don't disappoint yourself beforehand, Tom. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Well, that rather alters the case, because I had no idea that they thought so, and I should not have liked to disappoint or inconvenience them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- These two, whom I come to life to disappoint and dispossess, cry for joy! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- But still the disappointed father held a strong lever; and Fred felt as if he were being banished with a malediction. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I had forgotten that circumstance and felt disappointed. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Mr. Sikes, being disappointed of the dog's participation, at once transferred his share in the quarrel to the new comer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Mr. Osborne did not seem in the least disappointed at this occurrence. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- An astonishing number of men always _are _getting disappointed there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Still, as I have said already, I am disappointed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- He had probably come to the spot, waited there in the cold, and been greatly disappointed. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I might almost say heart-breaking, too, for of all the elusive, disappointing things one ever hunted for that was the worst. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Men and women cannot be brought together in schools or colleges at forty or fifty years of age; and if they could the result would be disappointing. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- I had had my lesson: I had learned how severe for me was the pain of crossing, or grieving, or disappointing him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Not at all, was her answer; but depend upon it, he means to be severe on us, and our surest way of disappointing him will be to ask nothing about it. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Upon my word, cried Miss Crawford, you are two of the most disappointing and unfeeling kind friends I ever met with! 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Time and time again I rose with upstretched hand, only to feel the disappointing rocks close above me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- You choose a cigar, you try it, and it disappoints you. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
编辑:齐克