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单词 chagrin
释义
chagrin
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈʃæɡ.rɪn/us
/ˈʃæɡ.rɪn/
disappointmentoranger,especiallywhencausedby afailureormistake:
（尤指失败或错误引起的）失望，懊丧，懊恼
Mychildrenhave nevershownaninterestinmusic, muchtomy chagrin.我的孩子们从没对音乐表现出一点兴趣，真让我失望。
Synonym
mortification
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disappointing yourself and others
  • abjectly
  • anticlimactic
  • anticlimax
  • be cracked up to besomethingidiom
  • be one in the eye forsomeoneidiom
  • break
  • disappointment
  • disenchantment
  • dishearten
  • disheartening
  • dishonour
  • eye
  • fail
  • fall
  • let the side downidiom
  • letdown
  • non-event
  • pity
  • prick
  • sick
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chagrined
(Definition ofchagrinfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

chagrin| American Dictionary

chagrin
noun[U]
us
/ʃəˈɡrɪn/
afeelingof beingupset,disappointed, orannoyed,esp. because of afailureormistake:
Wegrowlotsofsquash, much to my children’s chagrin.

chagrined

adjectiveus
/ʃəˈɡrɪnd/
She was chagrined todiscoverhermistake.
(Definition ofchagrinfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchagrin

chagrin
Tumusiime was taken to court, but to the utterchagrinof parliamentarians he was acquitted of charges of running down the corporation and financial impropriety.
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One supposes one should have done as well as one's peers; and if one has not, one feels shame orchagrinfor that failing.
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However, much to thechagrinof these fishermen, within a few years of operation, caused most of these units to become dysfunctional.
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However, there were instances where blood ran thicker than water and the family retained its hold, to the inspector'schagrin.
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Much to thechagrinof the service, these revenues accrued largely to central coffers.
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To thechagrinof their employers, they attempted to make the railway recognize the household needs and obligations of ' big men ' like themselves.
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Both men were chagrined to discover that they had been called to serve with the troupe of comedians.
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Many thousands of workers became mobilized in unions without voting - to thechagrinof union leaders who were interested in electoral influence.
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But the question of verification is not the same as the question of truth, as the positivists themselves discovered to their ownchagrin.
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Against this backdrop, it's not surprising that laypeople and scientists alike are fascinated (and often chagrined) by what appear to be lapses in reasoning and weaknesses in conduct.
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Moore'schagrinover the desire to merge with respectable society equals his contempt for middle-class representations that advertised acting as a female profession.
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Too often, public health has been the cinderella service for health authorities, to thechagrinof many of the staff working in those authorities.
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Theirchagrinis manifest in all these brutalities; they have stimulated their people to do these things.
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We have no reason to be chagrined at progress of that sort in other countries.
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There is little justice in the 100m qualification as it could lead to an increase in tariffs, much to thechagrinof the small fields.
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