(1) 使失望(掃興)(fail to satisfy the hope， desire or expectation of) [T+n]：His poor showing/speech～ed the audience deeply. 他糟糕的表演/演講使觀眾非常失望。His gross ingratitude/lack of success～ed his friends/his parents/his followers deeply. 他公然忘恩負(fù)義/每每失敗使朋友/父母/追隨者深感失望。The results ～ed him. 結(jié)果令他失望。～sb by not coming to the party/being late again 因未來(lái)參加聚會(huì)/又遲到了使某人失望;be～ed in love 情場(chǎng)失意;〖反〗satisfy;
(2) 使……落空(cause (hope， plan， etc) to fail) [T+n]：～sb's hopes/expectations/calculations 使某人的希望/期望/打算落空;
→?disap′pointing adj 令人失望(掃興)的;?disap′pointed adj 失望(掃興)的;?disap-′pointment n 失望(掃興)