disappoint

英 [ˌdɪsə'pɔɪnt] 美 [ˌdɪsə'pɔɪnt]

• v. 使失望；使破灭

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)失望

   make sb feel upset

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 挫败
2. 使失望
3. 使落空
4. （使）破灭
5. 使沮丧
6. 打破…的念头
7. 使受挫折
8. 对…失信
9. （使）失望
10. 大失所望
11. 落空
12. 没有如愿以偿
13. 不能满足…的希望
14. 妨碍
15. 辜负…的期望

英英释义

Verb:

1. fail to meet the hopes or expectations of;

   "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The result disappointed him.
   结果使他失望。
2. Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans.
   她决定取消这场音乐会，肯定会使她的歌迷失望。
3. I am sorry to disappoint your expectations .
   我很抱歉使你的希望落空。
4. I'm sorry to disappoint your plans.
   我很抱歉妨碍了你的计划。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Somewhere life had disappointed.
   在某些地方,生活已经让人很失望。
2. The film disappointed.
   这影片令人失望。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He disappointed me.
   他使我失望。
2. I promised to buy my son a new bicycle but I had to disappoint him.
   我答应给我儿子买一辆新自行车,可我只能让他失望了。
3. Your behaviour has certainly disappointed us.
   你的行为的确使我们感到失望。
4. The book disappointed me.
   这本书令我失望。
5. I'm sorry to disappoint you,but I can't come after all.
   对不起,要使你的希望落空了,我不能来了。
6. I'm sorry to disappoint your expectations.
   很抱歉,我辜负了你的期望。
7. A defeat in the election disappointed their original plans.
   选举失败使他们原来的计划落空了。
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8. We were disappointed.
   我们失望了。
9. He was disappointed when he got low marks in the exam.
   他考试得了低分,很沮丧。
10. I was completely disappointed to hear that.
    听到那个消息后我很失望。
11. I was extremely disappointed to find all the books sold out.
    我发现所有的书都卖完了,大失所望。

S+be ～ed+that-clause

1. We were disappointed that they could not learn the lesson of history.
   他们没能吸取历史的教训,使我们感到很失望。
2. We were disappointed that you could not come.
   听说你不能来,我们感到失望。
3. He was disappointed that he didn't pass this examination.
   他这次考试不及格,很沮丧。

经典引文

• He would keep it Till duly disappointed or dismiss'd.

  出自： Byron

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

disappoint about (v.+prep.)

对…失望 feel upset
be disappointed about sth
We are much disappointed about the weather.

这天气叫我们很扫兴。
What are you looking so disappointed about ?

什么事情使你如此失望?

disappoint at (v.+prep.)

对…失望 feel upset
be disappointed at sth/v-ing
He was disappointed at the result.

他对这样的结果感到失望。
I was much disappointed at his absence.

他不在,我感到很失望。
The girl was much disappointed at failing to win the prize.

那个姑娘很失望,未能获得那项奖。
I was disappointed at not finding her at home.

我得知她不在家,感到很失望。
I feel very much disappointed at hearing that you failed in the examination.

听说你考试不及格,我感到很失望。

disappoint by (v.+prep.)

对…失望 feel upset
disappoint sb by sth/v-ing
You disappointed us by not coming to our party.

你不来参加我们的聚会,使我们失望。
I am disappointed by your results.

你的成绩使我感到失望。
The audience were disappointed by the film.

观众对这部电影感到失望。

disappoint in (v.+prep.)

对…失望 feel upset
be disappointed in sb/sth
I'm disappointed in her.

我对她感到失望。
The students are disappointed in their new maths teacher.

学生们对新来的数学老师感到失望。
We were disappointed in our hopes.

我们失望了。
He is disappointed in his new car.

他对新车感到失望。
I am greatly disappointed in the result.

我对这结果大失所望。
They were disappointed in the outcome of his experiment.

他们对于他的实验结果感到失望。

disappoint of (v.+prep.)

对…失望 feel upset
be disappointed of sth
They were greatly disappointed of their crops.

他们对庄稼大失所望。
She was disappointed of the novel.

那本小说使她感到失望。
They were disappointed of their purposes.

他们没有达到目的而感到失望。

disappoint with (v.+prep.)

对…失望 feel upset
be disappointed with sb/sth
I'm disappointed with you.

我对你感到失望。
My parents will be disappointed with me if I fail the examination.

我要是考不及格,父母会对我很失望的。
He is disappointed with his new car.

他对新车感到失望。
I am quite disappointed with the watch I bought yesterday.

我对昨天买的那只手表感到失望。
I am disappointed with your results.

我对你的成绩很失望。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• disappoint much 非常失望
• disappoint very much 非常失望
• disappoint acutely 极其失望
• disappoint agreeably 容易失望
• disappoint badly 很失望
• disappoint bitterly 苦涩地失望
• disappoint childishly 不很失望
• disappoint completely 完全失望
• disappoint continually 继续失望
• disappoint cruelly 大失所望
• disappoint deeply 深感失望
• disappoint greatly 很失望
• disappoint horridly 可怕地失望
• disappoint intensely 强烈地失望
• disappoint obviously 明显地失望
• disappoint overwhelmingly 极其失望
• disappoint repeatedly 反复地失望
• disappoint sadly 很伤心地失望
• disappoint utterly 完全失望

～+介词

• be disappointed about 对某事感到失望
• be disappointed at result 对结果感到失望
• be disappointed in love 失恋
• be disappointed in new teacher 对新老师感到失望
• be disappointed in sb/sth 对某人〔某事〕失望
• be disappointed of purpose 目的没有实现
• be disappointed with new bicycle 对新自行车表示失望

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. disappoint用作及物动词时,意思是“使…失望”,指原来的希望落空了。后面直接跟名词或代词作宾语,不用介词to。
2. disappoint的过去分词disappointed常用作形容词,在句中作表语,后面可接in, with加名词或at加名词或动名词也可接动词不定式或that从句。接介词in或with是指对某人或某事不合理想而感到失望,接at是指因不满某一事实、某一行动而感到失望。
3. disappoint偶尔也可用作不及物动词,意思是“令人失望”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

disappoint at, disappoint by, disappoint in, disappoint of, disappoint with

• disappoint后加介词at, by, in, of, with时它们之间的差别不大,一般有以下规律可循:当表示“对所见所闻感到失望”时,多用at; 表示“对没有达到预期目标而失望时”,多用in〔of, with〕; 表示“对没有得到东西而失望”,多用of; disappoint by则多用于被动结构,强调“使某人失望”,此外表示“对人失望”须用介词in; 接动名词时,用at或by。试比较:
• She was disappointed in the book.
• 她对此书失望。
• She was disappointed of the book.
• 她对没有弄到此书而失望。
• We were disappointed at his speech.
• 我们对他的讲话感到失望。
• We were disappointed by his speech.
• 他的讲话使我们感到失望。

disappointed, disappointing

• disappoint的过去分词和现在分词都可用作形容词,在句中都可用作表语。其区别是：
• disappointed的意思是“感到失望的”,主语一般是人; disappointing的意思是“令人失望的”,主语一般是事或物。试比较:
• They were disappointed at the result.
• 他们对结果感到失望。
• The result was disappointing.
• 结果是会令人失望的。

disappoint, despair

• 这两个词都可以表示“使失望,使绝望”,但含义及用法上有很大的区别:despair是不及物动词,后面接介词of,表示“彻底失望或绝望”,口气很强,有时有“悲痛”的含义; despair of接人时,意味着厌恶和失望的感情交织在一起; disappoint是及物动词,表示“使…失望”,强调原来的希望未能实现,因而令人丧失信心,常用于系表结构中。例如:
• It is said that when he was a boy his par- ents despaired of him.
• 据说在很小的时候他的父母对他不抱 任何希望。
• Although I was disappointed,I didn't des- pair.
• 我虽失望了,但还没有绝望。

下面三句意思相同:

• I was disappointed at not finding her at home.
• I was disappointed not to find her at home.
• I was disappointed that I did not find her at home.
• 我对在她家没能找到她而感到失望。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自中古法语的desapointier，意为未到指定的地点令人感到失望，扫兴。

近反义词

【近义词】

• discontent
• dishearten
• dissatisfy
• fail
• let down

【反义词】

• gratify
• please
• satisfy