1. 1aB1/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/失望的

    Feeling sad because something you hoped for did not happen, or because a person or thing turned out to be worse than you thought.

    示範例句 · Example

    Leo was disappointed when the school trip was cancelled because of the rain.

    逐字里歐很失望,當校外教學因為下雨被取消時。

    disappointed 是「期待落空」的難過,不是單純的 sad——心裡本來有一個希望,結果沒發生或不如預期,那種洩了氣的感覺就是 disappointed。常見句型:be disappointed with/about + 事情、be disappointed in + 人(對某人失望)、be disappointed that + 子句。

    常見搭配

    • bitterly disappointed

      非常失望

      extremely disappointed

      She was bitterly disappointed when she didn't make the team.

    • disappointed with something

      對某事失望

      unhappy about a result or thing

      We were disappointed with the food at the new restaurant.

    • disappointed in somebody

      對某人(的行為)失望

      unhappy because a person did not behave as you hoped

      I'm disappointed in you for not telling the truth.

    • disappointed to hear/see/find

      得知某事而失望

      disappointed on learning something

      The kids were disappointed to find the pool was closed.

core核心畫面

Picture the gap between what you were expecting and what actually arrived: the result, the meal, the news. The feeling only exists because something was hoped for first — no hope, no disappointment.

可以想成:期待的那個版本和實際來的版本之間的落差——成績、那頓飯、那個消息。這種感覺一定要先有期待才會發生:沒有先期待,就不會失望。所以它常常跟原本的希望一起出現在句子裡。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

disappointedadj/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/

  • 1

    Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.

    • After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed.
    • If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed.
  • 2

    Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.

    • Scattered here and there amongst the steerage passengers were men of a different class: men whose previous lives had not fitted them for the hard and uncertain lot that certainly lay before them - pale-faced boys from Melbourne shops; middle-aged and disappointed men; one and all hoping for a turn of luck in the lottery of the newly-discovered goldfield.
  • 3

    Expressing or indicating disappointment.

    • a disappointed tone / face / silence

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

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