聚焦“disappoint”

disappoint的用法较多，一起来看一下。

1.      disappoint作及物动词用，表示"使失望，扫兴"。如：

I am sorry to disappoint you, but I cannot go after all.
很抱歉使你失望，但我还是不能去。

The movie disappointed me.
这部电影使我失望。

disappoint作及物动词用，常和hopes和expectations连用，表示"破坏（计划），使（希望）落空"。如：

I'm sorry to disappoint your hopes.
害得你的希望落空，真抱歉。

2.      disappointed和disappointing都是形容词，都可作定语和表语，但含义不同：前者指/"失望的/"，后者指"令人失望的"。

试比较：

What disappointing news it is!
多令人扫兴的消息！

Your examination marks are rather disappointing.
你的考试成绩真让人失望。

Since he lost the election he has been a disappointed man.
他落选之后，一直很失意。

Are you very disappointed about at losing the race？
跑输了是不是很灰心？

3.be disappointed句型后面可接不同的介词。如：

She was rather disappointed about / at the outcome of her talk with him.
她对和他的谈话大失所望。

I am somewhat disappointed in some of our inventions.
对我们的某些发明我感到有些失望。

They were disappointed with the result of the experiment.
他们对实验结果感到失望。

4. 要表示/"他们很失望。"用They were very much disappointed. 而通常不可以说They were disappointed very much.

5. disappoint的名词disappointment作"失望"讲时是不可数名词，作"使人失望的人或事"讲时是可数名词。如：

When she did not find her mother, the disappointment seemed too great to bear.
她没有找到母亲时，失望极了。

You are a disappointment.
你令人感到失望。