disappoint

英 [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt]

美 [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt]

v.  使失望; 使破灭; 使落空

过去式：disappointed　过去分词：disappointed　第三人称单数：disappoints　现在分词：disappointing　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.9539 / COCA.8204

牛津词典

verb

• 使失望
  to make sb feel sad because sth that they hope for or expect to happen does not happen or is not as good as they hoped
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. The movie had disappointed her (= it wasn't as good as she had expected) .
     这部电影使她失望。
  4. His latest novel does not disappoint.
     他最近发表的这部小说没有使人失望。
• 使破灭；使落空
  to prevent sth that sb hopes for from becoming a reality
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使失望
  If things or peopledisappointyou, they are not as good as you had hoped, or do not do what you hoped they would do.
  1. She knew that she would disappoint him.
     她知道她会令他失望的。
  2. A spokesman for UNHCR said he was surprised and disappointed by the decision.
     联合国难民署的一位发言人说他对这一决定既震惊又失望。

英英释义

verb

• fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
  1. Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage
  Synonym:let down

双语例句

• Do I believe people will disappoint me or I will disappoint them?
  我认为人们会辜负我，还是我会辜负他们吗？
• You disappoint me: I had expected you to behave more responsibly.
  你让我失望了：我原来以为你的行为会更负责任的。
• It's a pity we'll have to disappoint them.
  很遗憾，我们不得不让他们失望了。
• We will never disappoint our motherland in her expectations of us.
  我们决不辜负祖国对我们的期望。
• I don't want to disappoint you. I'll do my best.
  我不想使你失望。我会尽力而为。
• Sorry to disappoint you. I'm voting with my feet.
  对不起，我令你失望，我是用脚投票的。
• He feels his friend to let him disappoint.
  他觉得他的朋友让他失望了。
• A spokesman for UNHCR said he was surprised and disappointed by the decision.
  联合国难民署的一位发言人说他对这一决定既震惊又失望。
• I have to disappoint you.
  我得使你失望。
• And we're about to disappoint you.
  我们要令你们失望了。