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disappoint

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vt.使失望

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动词过去式:disappointed 过去分词:disappointed 现在分词:disappointing 第三人称单数:disappoints

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disappoint


/,dɪsə'pɔɪnt; ,dɪsə`pɔɪnt/
v [Tn]
1 fail to be or do sth as good, interesting etc as was hoped for or desired or expected by (sb) 使(某人)失望
*The tenor disappointed us by singing flat. 那位男高音歌手调门儿唱得很低, 十分扫兴.
* I can't disappoint my public by retiring. 我可不能退休, 否则大家会失望的.
* Don't disappoint me by being late again. 别再迟到了, 不要叫我失望.
* I've often been disappointed in love, ie not been loved in return by sb I have loved. 我经常情场失意.
2 prevent (hope, plan, etc) from becoming reality 使(希望、计划等)不能实现
*disappoint sb's expectations, sb's calculations, etc 使某人的希望破灭、使某人的如意算盘落空.

disappoint


v [I and T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: desapointier, from apointier 'to arrange']
to make someone feel unhappy because something they hoped for did not happen or was not as good as they expected
 I hated to disappoint her.
 Great things were expected of this band, and they didn't disappoint.
disappoint sb's hopes/expectations/plans
to prevent something from happening that someone hoped for or expected
 The Berlin settlement of 1878 disappointed Russian hopes in the Balkans.