disappointment

英語

詞源

來自disappoint +‎ -ment。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/

• 音頻 (通用美式)：

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名詞

disappointment (可數和不可數，複數 disappointments)

1. (不可數) 失望

   Even a trip to beautiful California can cause disappointment.

   即使是去美丽的加利福尼亚旅行也可能令人失望。

   • 1834，L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon]，章號 XVI，Francesca Carrara. […]，第 II 卷，London：Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn)，→OCLC，第 184 頁：

     They remembered too keenly their pleasant credulity as to what to-morrow would bring forth, to dare indulge expectation of its pleasure; they had been disappointed once—so might they be again—for disappointment ever leaves fear behind.

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   • 1992，News Group Newspapers Ltd，Today：

     Choking back his disappointment after his own team's splendid wins against Liverpool and Aston Villa, he said: "I've got to be humble and say we were beaten by a very good side."

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2. (可數) 令人失望的事物

   The disappointment with our trip to California caused bickering.

   我们对加州之行的失望引起了争吵。

   • 2012年5月5日，Phil McNulty，“Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”，BBC Sport‎^[1]：

     For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.

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   • 1990，Peter Hennessy，Cabinet，Basil Blackwell Ltd：

     As the disappointments crowded in — the economy, Rhodesia, strife within the trade-union movement — Wilson tried the expedient of a semi-formal inner Cabinet, or Parliamentary Committee, as he misleadingly liked to call it.

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3. (可數) 導致失望的事物

   Even a trip to beautiful California can be a disappointment.

   即使是去美丽的加利福尼亚旅行也可能令人失望。

   What a disappointment!

   真令人失望！

使用說明

和介詞 at/with/over 搭配使用。

同義詞

• let-down
• setback

衍生詞

• anticippointment
• Cape Disappointment

相關詞

• disappoint