disenchant

disenchant — 動詞

  • 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,

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釋義

使幻滅

讓某人對人事物失去原有的美好信念

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.

多年來一次次跳票，讓 Sumin 對地方政治徹底幻滅。

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

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

Elena 在擁擠的教室裡教了三年書後，對教職感到幻滅。

be disenchanted with + activity, common past-tense pattern

常見搭配
  • grow disenchanted with
  • become disenchanted with
  • feel disenchanted with
  • deeply disenchanted
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'.

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常用片語

  • grow disenchanted with
  • become disenchanted with
  • feel disenchanted with

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