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disappointment

/dis-uh-point-muhnt/US // ˌdɪs əˈpɔɪnt mənt //UK // (ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt) //

失望,失落,失败,失意

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or fact of disappointing: All of his efforts only led to the disappointment of his supporters.
    • : the state or feeling of being disappointed: Her disappointment was very great when she didn't get the job.
    • : a person or thing that disappoints: The play was a disappointment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsaddening situation; letdown
Forms: disappointments
Antonyms
nounmental upset; displeasure
Forms: disappointments
Antonyms

Examples

  • Apple’s lofty valuation leaves little room for disappointment, but the success of its upcoming slate of products isn’t a sure thing.

  • In a disappointment for pro-business and progressive Rehoboth residents, former Commissioner Stan Mills was elected mayor on Saturday, defeating incumbent Paul Kuhns 876-587.

  • For my friends who are rising sophomores and juniors, this is a huge disappointment.

  • Thompson’s resignation comes ahead of a Thursday meeting where Mayor Kevin Faulconer has promised to offer the City Council options on how to proceed following a series of missteps and disappointments.

  • While Baltimore’s last outing was another postseason disappointment, the team’s future is still bright as it heads into another season.

  • And with that great hope and excitement comes crippling, embarrassing disappointment.

  • Putin may very well be the last optimist left in the country, which is facing a time of confusion and disappointment.

  • He tended to shield himself from disappointment by expecting the worst—of people and of his country.

  • Of course I was frustrated, but writers deal with disappointment all the time, and so do archaeologists.

  • So why does Season 2—which just had its fall finale Monday night—feel like such a disappointment so far?

  • Then, having shot nothing that day, he turned towards the Pole with a feeling of disappointment.

  • Now that Lawrence was out of the army, he was in hopes that he would stay out, and he showed his disappointment in his face.

  • However that may be, he wrote, and never did letter carry more bitter disappointment to a Christian community.

  • But before he had been in San Pasquale an hour, he was plunged into a perplexity and disappointment deeper than he had yet felt.

  • In short, on my arrival I was at once much disappointed, and this disappointment rather increases than otherwise.