disappoint
verb[IorT]
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt/B1
tofailtosatisfysomeone ortheirhopes,wishes, etc., or to make someonefeelunhappy:
(使)失望,(使)沮丧I'msorryto disappoint you, but I'mafraidI can't come after all.很抱歉让你失望,但恐怕我真的来不了。
We don'twantto disappoint thefans.我们不想让球迷们失望。
- Getting a B for thatessayreally disappointed me, as I washopingfor an A.
- Hefailedtoturnup for theconcert, disappointing thecrowdsoffanswaitingoutside.
- Now I'mexpectingafantasticperformancefrom youtonight, so don't disappoint me!
- I'vepromisedmyclasscakestoday as atreatand I don'twantto disappoint them.
- Have theactionsof thisgovernmentdisappointed you, as someone whovotedfor them at the lastelection?
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