英语单词 | disappointed |
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英美音标 | 英 [ˌdɪsə'pɔɪntɪd] 美 [ˌdɪsə'pɔɪntɪd] |
中文释义 | adj.失望的 |
英语例句 | (1) I'm afraid you're very disappointed with me. (2) A disappointed look came into his face. |
中文例句 | (1) 恐怕你对我是非常失望的。 (2) 他脸上浮现出一种失望的神情。 |
vocabulary简明 | Disappointed means discouraged or sad because what you hoped for didn't happen. If you write a fan letter to your favorite actress hoping for a personal reply, you're likely to be disappointed. |
vocabulary扩展 | The original French root of disappointed is desappointer, which has one meaning that's basically "to fail to keep an appointment." So you might imagine the word disappointed like this: you made an appointment with a friend, but he blew it off. What could leave you more disappointed than that? |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](对某事)失望的,沮丧的,失意的 If you are disappointed, you are rather sad because something has not happened or because something is not as good as you had hoped. [oft ADJ prep]
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](对某人)失望的,灰心的 If you are disappointed in someone, you are rather sad because they have not behaved as well as you expected them to. [v-link ADJ
Usage Note : Take care not to confuse disappointed and disappointing. 注意不要混淆 disappointed 和 disappointing。 |
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