disappoint
常用用法
- disappoint用作及物動詞時,意思是“使…失望”,指原來的希望落空了。后面直接跟名詞或代詞作賓語,不用介詞to。
- disappoint的過去分詞disappointed常用作形容詞,在句中作表語,后面可接in, with加名詞或at加名詞或動名詞也可接動詞不定式或that從句。接介詞in或with是指對某人或某事不合理想而感到失望,接at是指因不滿某一事實(shí)、某一行動而感到失望。
- disappoint偶爾也可用作不及物動詞,意思是“令人失望”。 返回 disappoint
v. (動詞)
詞語辨析
- disappoint后加介詞at, by, in, of, with時它們之間的差別不大,一般有以下規(guī)律可循:當(dāng)表示“對所見所聞感到失望”時,多用at; 表示“對沒有達(dá)到預(yù)期目標(biāo)而失望時”,多用in〔of, with〕; 表示“對沒有得到東西而失望”,多用of; disappoint by則多用于被動結(jié)構(gòu),強(qiáng)調(diào)“使某人失望”,此外表示“對人失望”須用介詞in; 接動名詞時,用at或by。試比較:
- She was disappointed in the book.
- 她對此書失望。
- She was disappointed of the book.
- 她對沒有弄到此書而失望。
- We were disappointed at his speech.
- 我們對他的講話感到失望。
- We were disappointed by his speech.
- 他的講話使我們感到失望。
- disappoint的過去分詞和現(xiàn)在分詞都可用作形容詞,在句中都可用作表語。其區(qū)別是：
- disappointed的意思是“感到失望的”,主語一般是人; disappointing的意思是“令人失望的”,主語一般是事或物。試比較:
- They were disappointed at the result.
- 他們對結(jié)果感到失望。
- The result was disappointing.
- 結(jié)果是會令人失望的。
- 這兩個詞都可以表示“使失望,使絕望”,但含義及用法上有很大的區(qū)別:despair是不及物動詞,后面接介詞of,表示“徹底失望或絕望”,口氣很強(qiáng),有時有“悲痛”的含義; despair of接人時,意味著厭惡和失望的感情交織在一起; disappoint是及物動詞,表示“使…失望”,強(qiáng)調(diào)原來的希望未能實(shí)現(xiàn),因而令人喪失信心,常用于系表結(jié)構(gòu)中。例如:
- It is said that when he was a boy his par- ents despaired of him.
- 據(jù)說在很小的時候他的父母對他不抱 任何希望。
- Although I was disappointed,I didn't des- pair.
- 我雖失望了,但還沒有絕望。
- 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.
- 我對在她家沒能找到她而感到失望。 返回 disappoint