| 词汇 | disappoint |
| 释义 | disappoint verb[ I or T ] uk /ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt/ us /ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt/ B1 to fail to satisfy someone or their hopes, wishes, etc., or to make someone feel unhappy: （使）失望，（使）沮丧 I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid I can't come after all.很抱歉让你失望，但恐怕我真的来不了。 We don't want to disappoint the fans.我们不想让球迷们失望。 Getting a B for that essay really disappointed me, as I was hoping for an A. He failed to turn up for the concert, disappointing the crowds of fans waiting outside. Now I'm expecting a fantastic performance from you tonight, so don't disappoint me! I've promised my class cakes today as a treat and I don't want to disappoint them. Have the actions of this government disappointed you, as someone who voted for them at the last election? Disappointing yourself and others abjectly anticlimactic anticlimax be cracked up to be somethingidiom be one in the eye for someoneidiom blow break bubble disappointment disenchantment dishearten disheartening dishearteningly fail let the side downidiom letdown non-event not all it's cracked up to beidiom pity sick disappoint | American Dictionarydisappoint verb[ T ] us/ˌdɪs·əˈpɔɪnt/ to fail to satisfy someone’s hopes or expectations: I hate to disappoint you, but we don’t have the book you wanted. Examples of disappointdisappoint To this end it is disappointing that the book has paid only scant attention to the psychological processes in the disorder. In this respect the building's technical failings have disappointed the client and many users. This book is not about the ethics of welfare, and anyone looking for a discussion of ethics will be disappointed. Thus, men repress their own feelings, devalue femininity because of its emotional side, are afraid of women and disappointing in their relationships with them. The title reveals an ambitious project, but the contents may disappoint specialists in history or theology. Some goals are, of course, extremely ambitious, and people reach the end of their lives disappointed that those goals remain unfulfilled. Surprised by disappointing turnouts, each rebel leader dismissed his followers homeward by dawn. A novice reader expecting to read this section and walk away understanding affine differential geometry and its use in mechanics will be disappointed. The wall-clock speedups obtained to date are disappointing. Ethnographers will probably find it under-researched, while social scientists searching for a theory of urban violence might be disappointed by its somewhat loose approach. The results so far have been disappointing though much work continues to be done in this area. Consequently, readers seeking new perspectives on anti-corruption initiatives will be disappointed. Without adding limited fertilizer and compost the earlymaturing sorghum varieties would disappoint farmers. It may also stem from the high expectations of citizens who feel disappointed with the government, despite the high standards they may enjoy. The colour illustrations are generally spectacular, but in some cases the quality is disappointing with crucial details difficult to elucidate. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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