disappointment

[.disə'pɔintmənt]

n. 失望, 令人失望的人或事

例句与用法：

To my disappointment, my father doesn't agree to buy me a new bike.

我父亲不同意给我买新脚踏车，我很失望。

After months of disappointment, his perseverance was finally rewarded.

数月来他经历挫折而不断努力，终於有了收获。

She gestured her disappointment by laying her hand on her forehead.

她把手放在额头上，以表示失望。

That defeat was a surprise and a disappointment.

那次失败令人吃惊，令人失望。

He expressed keen disappointment that the hearing had been postponed.

他对听证会延期表示大为沮丧。

词形变化：

副词: disappointingly |

详细释义：

n.

1. 失望; 扫兴, 沮丧[U]

He left the station in great disappointment, for she wasn't on the train.

他极其失望地离开了火车站, 因为她不在火车上。

2. 使失望的人; 令人扫兴的事[C]

The picnic was a disappointment.

那次野餐真令人扫兴。

短语词组：

to sb.'s disappointment

1. 使某人失望的是

To our great disappointment, she did not come that day.

使我们大失所望的是, 她那天没来。