disenchant

/ˌdis-in-ˈchant/ (ame, mw)

disenchant — verb

  • disenchantpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • disenchants3rd person singular
  • disenchanting-ing form
  • disenchantedpast simple

1. to cause someone to stop believing that a person, idea, or activity is as good,

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

to cause someone to stop believing that a person, idea, or activity is as good, special, or worthwhile as they once thought.

例句

Years of broken promises had disenchanted Sumin with local politics.

passive-ready: disenchant + someone + with [topic]

Elena grew disenchanted with teaching after her third year in the crowded classroom.

be disenchanted with + activity, common past-tense pattern

同義詞
  • disillusion

    near-identical meaning and slightly more common in modern English; both stress loss of an idealised view.

  • disappoint

    weaker — describes a single letdown rather than the gradual loss of belief 'disenchant' implies.

  • sour on

    informal phrasal verb capturing the same shift in feeling, used in spoken American English.

反義詞
  • enchant

    the direct opposite — to make someone delighted or fascinated.

  • inspire

    to fill someone with belief and motivation, the positive counterpart of disenchanting them.

文法句型

disenchant + someone

be disenchanted with + noun

用法筆記

Frequently passive: 'be / become / grow / feel disenchanted with X'. The active form usually takes an inanimate subject (an event, condition, or experience) doing the disenchanting, not a person.

常見錯誤

❌I disenchanted my friend yesterday.
✅My friend grew disenchanted with the job after a few months.
💡speakers rarely use the simple active form with a personal subject; the passive or 'grow/become disenchanted with' is the natural pattern.
❌She is disenchanting about her career.
✅She is disenchanted with her career.
💡the predicative adjective form is 'disenchanted', and the preposition is 'with', not 'about'.