Disappointing

例句/造句/用法:

• 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.
• Emma thanked him, but could not allow of his disappointing his friend on their account; her father was sure of his rubber. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
• Behind evil there is power, and it is folly,--wasting and disappointing folly,--to ignore this power because it has found an evil issue. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
• Yes, sir, and it has proved most disappointing. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
• Miss Bingley, however, was incapable of disappointing Mr. Darcy in anything, and persevered therefore in requiring an explanation of his two motives. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
• Well, I suppose I am, said Crispin smilingly; but one which will shortly be explained, and, like all riddles, turn out to be very disappointing. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
• Chesterton, Histon, Waterbeach, and Oakington have each been explored, and have each proved disappointing. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
• The power of disappointing them, it was true, must always be hers. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
• Even if this family, the Braithwaites, are put off, I am still afraid that some excuse may be found for disappointing us. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
• Colonel Brandon again repeated his sorrow at being the cause of disappointing the party; but at the same time declared it to be unavoidable. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
• It was my misfortune to be a man--and Limping Lucy enjoyed disappointing me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
• Did you ever know anything so disappointing? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.

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