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 disappoint [`dɪsə'pɔɪnt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 使失望

  1. The result disappointed him.
    结果使他失望。
  2. I'm sorry to disappoint your plans.
    我很抱歉妨碍了你的计划。
  3. I'm sorry to disappoint you.
    不好意思,让你失望了.


disappoint
[ verb ]
fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
<verb.emotion> let down
Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage


Disappoint \Dis`ap*point"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapointed};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappointing}.] [OF. desapointier, F.
d['e]sappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F.
appointier, to appoint. See {Appoint}.]
1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the
attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired;
to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or
expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions,
expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season
disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints
an enemy of his spoil.

I was disappointed, but very agreeably. --Macaulay.

Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a
thing obtained.

2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.

His retiring foe
Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow.
--Addison.

Syn: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude;
foil; defeat. See {Tantalize}.

  1. If your policies aren't right when you are on the map, you won't win.' Anything less than a public expression of supreme confidence would be shocking, and Mr Woodward does not disappoint: 'Running a good campaign is not just about having money.
  2. That is likely to disappoint the many reformers who have published demands in the state-run media for full television coverage.
  3. Shares in Court Cavendish, the UK nursing home operator, ended the first day of trading at 207p compared with an issue price of 225p. The company's flotation is the first in a recent spate of nursing home listings to disappoint the market.
  4. Like an errant teenager, the British economy has often promised to change its ways, only to disappoint.
  5. Since Zeneca has neither the vast cash resources of Glaxo nor the generous dividend cover of Wellcome, it has less scope for keeping shareholders sweet with the payout should earnings disappoint.
  6. "I wouldn't want to disappoint the governor," he says, smiling serenely.
  7. "It will disappoint the public," he said.
  8. A number at or above 3 per cent could disappoint the market, he said. Also subduing sentiment is the Bank of England's imminent auction announcement, expected Friday.
  9. The sales, which had been widely rumored since late October, might disappoint some traders, who had speculated that the Soviets were interested in at least three times as much soybean meal.
  10. Every festival needs an artist of this dimension, and the Montreal event, as on every other count, did not disappoint.
  11. A sudden special on washing machines, for example, would probably sell few machines and would certainly disappoint the blue-light regulars.
  12. Those companies that disappoint with their earnings see their stocks pushed lower and lower in successive selling sessions.
  13. Interim figures from stock dealer ShareLink expected today are forecast to disappoint.
  14. The problem is that they command a high price, and if their earnings disappoint, the fall in share price can be both sharp and swift.
  15. "The Thief and the Dogs" is a pioneering work, the first stream-of-consciousness novel in Arabic, but it is likely to disappoint Western readers.
  16. This is a retrograde step and will disappoint all those concerned about the English heritage. Caroline Garnham is a tax and trusts lawyer for the City firm of Simmons & Simmons.
  17. If we disappoint these hopes, much of what we have accomplished in the past few years would be in Jeopardy.
  18. "The Charisma Quotient" does not disappoint.
  19. 'Despite political concerns, the US dollar has not gained ground,' says NatWest Securities, adding that US bonds would be unable to continue outperforming core European bonds if the dollar continued to disappoint.
  20. "It has fanned the fire," said Florida Right to Life President Ken Connor. "It's one thing to disappoint people.
  21. There, an excess of enthusiasm over technique may disappoint; sometimes he doesn't transmit his intentions to his orchestra clearly enough to achieve much more than an excited hubbub, all noise and confusion.
  22. They say that stocks, as a group, are likely to disappoint investors, either with lackluster performance or outright losses in the near term.
  23. Yet if, despite the exit from the ERM, the UK is entering a period of low growth and inflation, dividend growth may start to disappoint.
  24. Failure to resolve the islands problem is likely to disappoint Japan, which expected Mr. Gorbachev to bring a bold initiative with him on the issue.
  25. In a recent New York promotional stop for the new record, he conceded the experimentation with a rock sound may disappoint some country fans.
  26. But the revelation that money growth had accelerated in June compared to the previous month's figures left many seeing little chance of a pre-recess rate reduction. Rumours that the figures would disappoint had spread through European markets on Tuesday.
  27. Jesse, I'm sorry to disappoint you _ Q: A very quick follow-up, if I could.
  28. 'I'm trying to disappoint that point of view.' He will not find this easy.
  29. Yet there is little room for the shares to disappoint.
  30. It would disappoint the emperor, who always considers the people." The 87-year-old emperor took to bed Sept. 19 after he vomited blood from intestinal hemorrhaging.
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