Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
失望
shīwàng
Description
当事情没有像你希望的那样发生时，你会感到失望。
When things don't happen as you hope, you feel 失望.
这个词表示因为希望落空而心情不好。
This word means feeling bad because your hopes are not fulfilled.
Meanings
失望shīwàng
to be disappointed; disappointment
这次考试没考好，我很失望。
I did poorly on this exam and I'm very disappointed.
对……失望duì……shīwàng
to be let down by someone or something
妈妈对我的成绩感到失望。
Mom is disappointed with my grades.
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Notes
- Etymology
失 (to lose) + 望 (hope), literally "to lose hope."
- Nuance
失望 is milder than 绝望 (despair); it means being let down, not hopeless.
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