disappointed(形容词):失望的;沮丧的。指对结果、他人行为或期待未实现而感到不满意或难过。(也常见用法:be disappointed with/in/by…)
/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/
I’m disappointed with the result.
我对结果感到失望。
She was disappointed that the meeting was canceled at the last minute, because she had prepared for weeks.
她对会议在最后一刻被取消感到失望,因为她准备了好几个星期。
来自动词 disappoint(使失望)。词根含义与“未能如愿、打破期待”有关:dis-(否定、相反)+ 早期含义与“安排、指定(appoint)”相关的成分,整体引申为“没有达到原本的安排/期待”,因此产生“失望”的意思。