disappointing

adjective
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ/
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  1. not as good, successful, etc. as you had hoped; making you feel disappointed令人失望的;令人沮丧的;令人扫兴的
    • a disappointing result/performance/defeat令人失望的结果/表现/失败
    • The team has had a disappointing start to the season.球队本赛季开局令人失望。
    • disappointing for somebody The outcome of the court case was disappointing for the family involved.诉讼案的结果使得涉及本案的这家人非常失望。🔊🔊
    • disappointing to somebody The choices made on election day will always be disappointing to a significant number of voters. 选举日所做的选择将始终令很多选民失望。
    • disappointing to do something We did a good job but it's still disappointing to only finish second. 我们做得很好,但仅获得第二名仍然令人失望。
    Extra Examples
    • The film was terribly disappointing.这电影太让人失望了。
    • This was very disappointing for all the fans watching the game.这令观看比赛的广大粉丝大失所望。
    • They gave a very disappointing performance.他们的演出令人大失所望。
    Topics Difficulty and failureb1, Feelingsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • for
    • to
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