disappoint

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɪsəˈpɔɪnt/    美 /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for. transitive
    — His lack of respect disappointed her.
  2. To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for). transitive
    — They that haue money in their purse, are afrayde and in doubte, yea and are continuallye martyred with feare, leaste GOD should disappoint them of their pray, and abate their portion.
  3. To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope). dated,transitive
    — 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 127, 4 June, 1751, Volume 4, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, pp. 240-241, It is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for eminent attainments or superior abilities, to disappoint the hopes which they had raised, and to end in neglect and obscurity that life which they began in celebrity and honour.
  4. To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken. dated,transitive
    — I am sure you will not disappoint my opinion of you, by failing at any time to treat your aunt Norris with the respect and attention that are due to her.
  5. To prevent (something planned or attempted). obsolete,transitive
    — He [God] disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

词形变化

disappoints present,singular,third-person disappointing participle,present disappointed participle,past disappointed past

词汇关系

反义词
satisfy
衍生词
disappointed adjective disappointing adjective disappointer noun disappointment noun

词源

From Middle French desapointer (compare French désappointer). The word originally meant to "dispossess of appointed office", and eventually broadened to mean "to frustrate the expectations or desires of" and "defeat the realization or fulfillment of".
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