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单词 disenchant
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Definition of disenchant in English:

disenchant

verb dɪsɛnˈtʃɑːntdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntˌdɪsənˈtʃænt
[with object]
  • Cause (someone) to be disappointed.

    令(某人)失望

    he may have been disenchanted by the loss of his huge following

    他可能曾因为失去大批随从而失望。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The disengaged, disenchanted voter will be a creature of the past.
    • This is partly why Europe's citizens are increasingly disenchanted and anxious.
    • But things went as before and once again the citizens were disenchanted.
    • We have been ignored, disenfranchised and we are disenchanted!
    • Is it because parents are disenchanted with the education provided in state-run schools, and think that they can do better?
    • Foreign policy professionals are thoroughly disenchanted with the current team.
    • By the early 1950s he was plainly disenchanted with the liberal ambiance in which he had worked.
    • On the other hand, boys and girls and young men and women are clearly disenchanted with a system that frowns upon spontaneity.
    • A year later it appears to many disenchanted voters that the change was simply cosmetic.
    • Many people are disenchanted with all of the mainstream parties.
    • The conference board said consumers are disenchanted with the labor market.
    • Of course, dark and disenchanted teenage angst has been packaged and marketed for decades.
    • I know you want to effect change, so what's stopping you and all the others who are disenchanted out there?
    • Is it any wonder… that the public is increasingly disenchanted with a force that seems remote and unresponsive?
    • It faces a big battle to win back the hearts and minds of these disenchanted people.
    • However, many of them are obviously disenchanted with the process in the run-up to the summit.
    • He was not disenchanted with art, but with some of the conditions under which it is practiced and marketed.
    • Not only will this serve to disenchant the employee, it may also result in him or her taking the time off anyway and phoning in sick or being on unauthorised absence.
    • Never before have I been so disenchanted with a party which I once loved.
    • It would be interesting to hear from those amongst us who are disenchanted with their current electoral options.
    Synonyms
    disillusioned, disappointed, let down, fed up, dissatisfied, discontented, disabused, undeceived, set straight
    cynical, soured, jaundiced, sick, out of love, indifferent

Derivatives

  • disenchanting

  • adjectiveˌdɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋˌdɪsənˈtʃæn(t)ɪŋ
    • Causing disappointment or loss of enthusiasm.

      a disenchanting experience
      Example sentencesExamples
      • No less disenchanting to the public palette has been the company's approach to business in general, which has long been vigorously competitive to say the least.
      • It's such a disenchanting experience watching your childhood icons sell themselves out.
      • It was the whole experience that they really found disenchanting.
  • disenchantingly

  • adverb
    • To address the plot of the game… well, it's shaky, barely understandable, and for all intents and purposes disenchantingly boring.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Unlike the women of legend who would end their own life instead of living after such a loss, such as we had disenchantingly envisioned her to be, she began her struggle.
      • I have read the dispiriting and disenchantingly snobbish review of the disc and can happily report to have been confounded and mystified by that eminent magazine's slur on such profoundly beautiful music making.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French désenchanter, from dés- (expressing reversal) + enchanter (see enchant).

Definition of disenchant in US English:

disenchant

verbˌdɪsənˈtʃæntˌdisənˈCHant
[with object]
  • Free (someone) from illusion; disappoint.

    he may have been disenchanted by the loss of his huge following

    他可能曾因为失去大批随从而失望。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The conference board said consumers are disenchanted with the labor market.
    • It faces a big battle to win back the hearts and minds of these disenchanted people.
    • This is partly why Europe's citizens are increasingly disenchanted and anxious.
    • On the other hand, boys and girls and young men and women are clearly disenchanted with a system that frowns upon spontaneity.
    • Not only will this serve to disenchant the employee, it may also result in him or her taking the time off anyway and phoning in sick or being on unauthorised absence.
    • He was not disenchanted with art, but with some of the conditions under which it is practiced and marketed.
    • By the early 1950s he was plainly disenchanted with the liberal ambiance in which he had worked.
    • Of course, dark and disenchanted teenage angst has been packaged and marketed for decades.
    • Is it any wonder… that the public is increasingly disenchanted with a force that seems remote and unresponsive?
    • But things went as before and once again the citizens were disenchanted.
    • However, many of them are obviously disenchanted with the process in the run-up to the summit.
    • A year later it appears to many disenchanted voters that the change was simply cosmetic.
    • It would be interesting to hear from those amongst us who are disenchanted with their current electoral options.
    • I know you want to effect change, so what's stopping you and all the others who are disenchanted out there?
    • We have been ignored, disenfranchised and we are disenchanted!
    • Never before have I been so disenchanted with a party which I once loved.
    • Many people are disenchanted with all of the mainstream parties.
    • The disengaged, disenchanted voter will be a creature of the past.
    • Is it because parents are disenchanted with the education provided in state-run schools, and think that they can do better?
    • Foreign policy professionals are thoroughly disenchanted with the current team.
    Synonyms
    disillusioned, disappointed, let down, fed up, dissatisfied, discontented, disabused, undeceived, set straight

Origin

Late 16th century: from French désenchanter, from dés- (expressing reversal) + enchanter (see enchant).

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