及物動詞：使失望、使沮喪
常見搭配詞：
- disappoint somebody (by doing something)
(做某事) 讓某人失望 - disappoint somebody’s hopes / expectations / plans
辜負某人的希望 / 期待 / 計畫 - It is disappointing that SV
…真讓人失望 - be / feel / seem disappointed with somebody / something
對某人或物感到失望 - be disappointed about / at (doing) something
對某事感到失望 - be disappointed of something
對某物感到失望(某物不符合預期) - be disappointed not to do something
為沒有做到…而失望或沮喪 - disappointing news
令人失望的消息 - a disappointing result / experience / outcome
令人失望的結果 / 經驗 / 結果
例句：
- I am sorry to disappoint you.
很抱歉讓你失望了 - Her decision disappointed her mother’s hopes.
她的決定讓她母親的希望落空了 - It was disappointing news to find out that the field trip was canceled due to bad weather.
得知實地考察因天氣惡劣而取消，真是令人失望 - The team worked really hard, but it was a disappointing result to lose the game.
球隊非常努力，但輸掉比賽是一個令人失望的結果 - Going to the amusement park on a rainy day turned out to be a disappointing experience.
在下雨天去遊樂園結果卻是一次令人失望的經歷 - Even though I studied really hard, I got a disappointing grade on my math test.
儘管我學習非常努力，但我的數學考試成績令人失望 - Mary’s parents will be disappointed with her if she fails the test.
如果她考試不及格，瑪麗的父母會對她感到失望 - We were disappointed of our purposes.
我們為沒有達到目的而感到失望或沮喪 - I was bitterly disappointed not to see her.
沒有見到她，我感到非常失望 - She seemed disappointed about losing the game.
她似乎對輸掉比賽感到失望
同義詞：
- let somebody down 使某人失望 – 未能達到他們的期望或讓他們失望
- fail 辜負 vt. 無法達成某人的期望，通常會導致失望
- displease 使不高興、惹火 vt. 由於未能達到他們的期望，而讓某人不高興或不滿意
不及物動詞：令人失望
例句：
- His presentations could sometimes disappoint.
他的演講有時會令人失望
同義詞：
- fail 未能做到、失敗 vi. 無法成功實現目標或期望，結果令人失望
- fall short 達不到 – 因沒有達到設定的標准或期望而令人失望
- fall through 未發生、落空 – 因沒有發生或沒有實現而令人失望
- miss the mark 沒達到目的、沒成功 – 因未能實現目標或期望而令人失望
衍生字：
- disappointed 失望的、沮喪的 adj.
- disappointedly 失望地、沮喪地 adv.
- disappointing 令人失望的 adj.
- disappointingly 令人失望地 adv.
- disappointment 失望、沮喪、令人失望的人或事物 n.
