Disappointment
[dɪsə'pɒɪntm(ə)nt] or [,dɪsə'pɔɪntmənt]
解释:
(noun.) an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone.
(noun.) a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; 'his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment'.
整理:玛米--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.
(n.) That which disappoints.
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同义词及近义词：
n. Failure, miscarriage, frustration, ill success, want of success.
巴纳德编辑
例句:
- Suspense is irksome, disappointment bitter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Her idea was my refuge in disappointment and distress, and made some amends to me, even for the loss of my friend. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- But it won't be easy, for it is a dreadful disappointment, and poor Jo bedewed the little fat pincushion she held with several very bitter tears. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Then it was that in my despair and disappointment, after a sleepless night, I came straight to you by the early train. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- I am imperfectly consoled for this disappointment by the sacred pledge, the perished flower. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I feel the greatest remorse for the disappointment of which I have been the occasion; but you will forgive me. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- And is no allowance to be made for inadvertence, or for spirits depressed by recent disappointment? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- Disappointment was hardly a strong enough word to describe the circumstances. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- And yet, I was perverse enough to feel a chill and disappointment in receiving no welcome, and rattling, alone and silent, through the misty streets. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- She had her girlish ambitions and hopes, and felt some disappointment at the humble way in which the new life must begin. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- They're all on 'em men as has met vith some disappointment in life,' said Mr. Weller, senior. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Rude disappointment, sharp cross! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Every one of them can be unhappy, every one can feel disappointment and remorse. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It affords me the greatest pleasure to record now my agreeable disappointment in respect to his character. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The truth is that she was conscious of a somewhat keen shock of disappointment. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- These delays and disappointments are quite odious. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- It is nothing that they added to my anxieties and embittered my disappointments--the steady march of events has inexorably passed them by. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- In short, they suffered so many disappointments, that they began to think it would be necessary to build a palatial residence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- And so, when the paroxysms came on, each more severe than the last, they were fresh agonies, and greater disappointments to him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- You shall not be distressed, she said, by hearing how soon my disappointments and my trials began--or even by knowing what they were. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The carriagewe had disappointments about the carriage;one morning, I remember, he came to me quite in despair. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Doubtless they knew crosses, disappointments, difficulties; but these were well borne. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- These disappointments of her patronage were a sharp retort, and made me feel independent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- You may fancy there can be no MERCENARY motives in those whose DISAPPOINTMENTS are well known. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It is a world of disappointments, as John discovered when he reached the Dovecote. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The disappointments got time on; the fears and fits of anger only made that short discourse pleasanter, when it came at last. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The indignities of stupidity, and the disappointments of selfish passion, can excite little pity. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- One cannot foretell the surprises or disappointments the future has in store. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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