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词汇 example_english_grave-disappointment
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grave disappointment

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meanings of graveand disappointment


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grave
adjective
uk /ɡreɪv/ us /ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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disappointment
noun
uk /ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/ us /ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
the feeling of ...
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Examples of grave disappointment


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I know that there will be a great many of them who will regard this secession as a serious blow and a gravedisappointment.
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We have come here in an atmosphere of sadness and gravedisappointment.
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It is a breach of promise to low-spending authorities and a gravedisappointment to those that spend more highly, according to their assessment of need.
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We must therefore register our gravedisappointment with it.
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It is my gravedisappointment that we have not yet found it possible to remove it.
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At the moment the scheme is, frankly, a gravedisappointment.
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It is well that we should recognise this, for we should otherwise pile up for ourselves gravedisappointment.
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Unless we realise that they are not symmetrical, our diplomacy, upon which in the end we have to rely, runs the risk of gravedisappointment.
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I will conclude by expressing my gravedisappointment with the letter from the three presidents of national parliaments.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It will arouse among our friends feelings of gravedisappointment, and among those nations who are less friendly feelings of another kind.
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Sadly, it is also capable of causing gravedisappointment when such qualities are absent.
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He said that it is a gravedisappointment.
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The announcement which has just been made will cause gravedisappointment.
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The way in which the common law and the judiciary have evolved in the past 200 or 300 years has been a gravedisappointment.
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They could make savings elsewhere, and cutting schools in this way will be a gravedisappointment to many people.
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I believe that unless there is specific agreement on certain things—albeit a limited number—there will be gravedisappointment and disillusion.
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Only gravedisappointment did he show for the improved housing figures.
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But he did say there was gravedisappointment in this direction.
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There has been gravedisappointment about this school in the past.
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He proceeded to state what those demands had been, and clearly expressed very gravedisappointment with the attention which they had received.
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