disappoint
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disappoint | |
| he / she / it disappoints | |
| past simple disappointed | |
| past participle disappointed | |
| -ing form disappointing |
- [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. 我不想让孩子们失望，因为他们非常期待。 His latest novel does not disappoint. 他最近发表的这部小说没有使人失望。 - it disappoints somebody that…
It disappointed me that nobody bothered to say thank you. 没人费心说谢谢，这让我很失望。
- disappoint (somebody)
- [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。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘deprive of a position’): from Old French desappointer.