disappoint
常用用法
- disappoint用作及物动词时,意思是“使…失望”,指原来的希望落空了。后面直接跟名词或代词作宾语,不用介词to。
- disappoint的过去分词disappointed常用作形容词,在句中作表语,后面可接in, with加名词或at加名词或动名词也可接动词不定式或that从句。接介词in或with是指对某人或某事不合理想而感到失望,接at是指因不满某一事实、某一行动而感到失望。
- disappoint偶尔也可用作不及物动词,意思是“令人失望”。 返回 disappoint
v. (动词)
词语辨析
- disappoint后加介词at, by, in, of, with时它们之间的差别不大,一般有以下规律可循:当表示“对所见所闻感到失望”时,多用at; 表示“对没有达到预期目标而失望时”,多用in〔of, with〕; 表示“对没有得到东西而失望”,多用of; disappoint by则多用于被动结构,强调“使某人失望”,此外表示“对人失望”须用介词in; 接动名词时,用at或by。试比较:
- She was disappointed in the book.
- 她对此书失望。
- She was disappointed of the book.
- 她对没有弄到此书而失望。
- We were disappointed at his speech.
- 我们对他的讲话感到失望。
- We were disappointed by his speech.
- 他的讲话使我们感到失望。
- disappoint的过去分词和现在分词都可用作形容词,在句中都可用作表语。其区别是：
- disappointed的意思是“感到失望的”,主语一般是人; disappointing的意思是“令人失望的”,主语一般是事或物。试比较:
- They were disappointed at the result.
- 他们对结果感到失望。
- The result was disappointing.
- 结果是会令人失望的。
- 这两个词都可以表示“使失望,使绝望”,但含义及用法上有很大的区别:despair是不及物动词,后面接介词of,表示“彻底失望或绝望”,口气很强,有时有“悲痛”的含义; despair of接人时,意味着厌恶和失望的感情交织在一起; disappoint是及物动词,表示“使…失望”,强调原来的希望未能实现,因而令人丧失信心,常用于系表结构中。例如:
- It is said that when he was a boy his par- ents despaired of him.
- 据说在很小的时候他的父母对他不抱 任何希望。
- Although I was disappointed,I didn't des- pair.
- 我虽失望了,但还没有绝望。
- I was disappointed at not finding her at home.
- I was disappointed not to find her at home.
- I was disappointed that I did not find her at home.
- 我对在她家没能找到她而感到失望。 返回 disappoint