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disappointment 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˌdisəˈpointmənt/,
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disappointments, plural;
  1. The feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the nonfulfillment of one's hopes or expectations
    • - to her disappointment, there was no chance to talk privately with Luke
  2. A person, event, or thing that causes such a feeling
    • - the job proved a disappointment
    • - I was a big disappointment to her

  1. a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment"
  2. an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
  3. (disappoint) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"
  4. (disappointed) defeated: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
  5. (disappointing) not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"
  6. The Disappointment, or The Force of Credulity is a ballad opera in two acts with a prologue and epilogue, to a text by an unknown author writing under the pseudonym "Andrew Barton". ...
  7. "The Disappointment" is a poem written by Aphra Behn. It was first published in 1680 (see 1680 in poetry) in Rochestor's Poems on Several Occasions.
  8. "Disappointed" was the fourth single by the English band Electronic. Like their first single "Getting Away with It" it featured Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys as well as founding members Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner. ...
  9. (Disappointed (song)) "Disappointed" is the first single taken from Public Image Ltd.'s, 1989 album, 9. It reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart at #38 and reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US.
  10. The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met; A circumstance in which a strongly held expectation is not met
  11. (disappoint) To displease by e.g. underperforming
  12. (Disappointed) a player’s frustration in not successfully scoring on a shot.
  13. (disappointed (to be -)) (v) kеlü çıģarģa, tüŋülürgе
  14. you are disappointed if you are unhappy about the way something turned out.
  15. distress, hurt, depressed, lonely, lost, misery, hopelessness, crushed, and heartbroken would be listed under Sadness.