- 1使不悅、惹某人不高興
To displease someone is to make them or not satisfied. They are not happy with what you did, said, or failed to do.
To displease someonedisplease某人, is to make them annoyed or not satisfied是讓他們生氣或不滿意。They are not happy with他們不滿意的是 what you did, said, or failed to do你做了什麼、說了什麼,或沒有做到什麼。
It is a rather formal, slightly old-fashioned verb. Parents, bosses, and older writing still use it; in casual talk people more often say , upset, or they're not happy with it.
It is這是 a rather formal, slightly old-fashioned verb一個偏正式、有點老派的動詞。Parents, bosses, and older writing still use it家長、老闆,還有比較舊的文章還會用它;in casual talk people more often say annoy, upset口語裡大家更常說annoy、upset,or they're not happy with it或直接說「他們不高興」。
You often meet it as displeased — the way the person feels after — or in careful sentences like "I don't want to displease her." Though actually, it is milder than making someone furious. It is more about failing to please, or falling short of what they hoped, than about a big fight.
You often meet it as displeased你常會看到它變成displeased—— the way the person feels after是那個人事後的感覺——or in careful sentences like 'I don't want to displease her'或用在講究的句子裡,像'I don't want to displease her'(我不想惹她不高興)。Though actually, it is milder than making someone furious不過實際上,這個字比把人惹得大怒要溫和一些。It is more about failing to please它比較是「沒有讓對方滿意」, or falling short of what they hoped或「沒達到他們期望的」,than about a big fight而不是一場大吵架。
You can displease one person or a whole group by breaking a rule they care about.
You can displease one person or a whole group你可以讓一個人或整個團體不高興, by breaking a rule they care about因為打破他們在意的規則。
core核心畫面
組成English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere). dis- turns please around: to do the opposite of pleasing someone.
同家族的字
- pleasethe opposite action: to make someone glad
- displeasurethe noun for the annoyed, not-satisfied feeling
- pleasuresame family; pleasure is the good feeling please is aiming at
原始詞典資料3 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。
displeaseverb/dɪsˈpliːz/
- 1
To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
- The boy's rudeness displeased me.
- I felt displeased with the boy.
- 2
To give displeasure or offense.
- 3
obsoleteTo fail to satisfy; to miss of.
- I shall displease my ends else.
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