Disappoint
[dɪsə'pɒɪnt] or ['dɪsə'pɔɪnt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; 'Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage'.
編輯:耶鲁--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:鲁弗斯
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Balk, frustrate, foil, defeat, battle, disconcert.
校對:马尔科姆
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Betray, deceive, frustrate, baffle, delude, vex, mortify, defeat, foil
ANT:Realize, justify, verify, fulfil, encourage, satisfy, gratify
黛拉校對
解釋/意思:
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/造句/用法:
- It's a pity he should break his neck himself, and disappoint the sight-seers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- In fact it seemed to be pleasanter to him to disappoint than to gratify. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- 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·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Here you have been abroad nearly six months, and done nothing but waste time and money and disappoint your friends. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- But don't disappoint yourself beforehand, Tom. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- These two, whom I come to life to disappoint and dispossess, cry for joy! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But still the disappointed father held a strong lever; and Fred felt as if he were being banished with a malediction. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I had forgotten that circumstance and felt disappointed. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Mr. Sikes, being disappointed of the dog's participation, at once transferred his share in the quarrel to the new comer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Mr. Osborne did not seem in the least disappointed at this occurrence. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- An astonishing number of men always _are _getting disappointed there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Still, as I have said already, I am disappointed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- He had probably come to the spot, waited there in the cold, and been greatly disappointed. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I might almost say heart-breaking, too, for of all the elusive, disappointing things one ever hunted for that was the worst. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- 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. 維萊特.
- 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. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Upon my word, cried Miss Crawford, you are two of the most disappointing and unfeeling kind friends I ever met with! 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Time and time again I rose with upstretched hand, only to feel the disappointing rocks close above me. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- You choose a cigar, you try it, and it disappoints you. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
編輯:齐克