| 英语单词 | disappoint |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌdɪsə'pɔɪnt] 美 [ˌdɪsə'pɔɪnt] |
| 中文释义 | v.使失望;使破灭 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The result disappointed him. (2) I am sorry to disappoint your expectations . (3) I'm sorry to disappoint your plans. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 结果使他失望。 (2) 我很抱歉使你的希望落空。 (3) 我很抱歉妨碍了你的计划。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you fail to meet people's expectations, you disappoint them. You can also disappoint yourself or find that things let you down, like a rainy trip to the beach that disappoints you. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word disappoint comes from the Middle French word desappointer, which meant "dispossess of appointed office," in the 14th century. Today, disappoint can apply to anyone or anything that does not achieve the expected results — and ways to express that we are disappointed go beyond firing people or kicking them out of office. For example, if you buy a product that disappoints, you won't buy it again. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]使失望 If things or people disappoint you, they are not as good as you had hoped, or do not do what you hoped they would do. [V n]
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