dis·ap·point
verb/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/
/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disappoint | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ |
| he / she / it disappoints | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnts/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnts/ |
| past simple disappointed | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ |
| past participle disappointed | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ |
| -ing form disappointing | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to make somebody feel sad because something that they hope for or expect to happen does not happen or is not as good as they hoped
使失望 - disappoint (somebody) Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans.
她决定取消这场音乐会，肯定会使她的歌迷失望。 - I hate to disappoint you, but I'm just not interested.
我不想使你扫兴，但我确实不感兴趣。 - The movie had disappointed her (= it wasn't as good as she had expected).
这部电影使她失望。 - I hate to disappoint the children when they've been looking forward to it so much.
当孩子们如此期待的时候，我不想让他们失望。 - His latest novel does not disappoint.
他最近的一部小说没有使人失望。 - it disappoints somebody that… It disappointed me that nobody bothered to say thank you.
我很失望，所有人都懒得说声谢谢。
- disappoint (somebody) Her decision to cancel the concert is bound to disappoint her fans.
- [transitive] disappoint something to prevent something that somebody hopes for from becoming a reality
使破灭；使落空 - The new government had soon disappointed the hopes of many of its supporters.
新政府不久便使许多支持者的希望破灭了。 - If he agrees to the deal he will disappoint the expectations of many colleagues.
如果他同意这笔交易，他将辜负许多同事的期望。
- The new government had soon disappointed the hopes of many of its supporters.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of a position’): from Old French desappointer.