disenchantment

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disenchantment — 名詞

1. the unhappy feeling you get when you stop trusting or admiring something, often

1.名詞C1
釋義

幻滅；失望

認清真相後不再信任或嚮往的感受

the unhappy feeling you get when you stop trusting or admiring something, often because you have found out what is wrong with it

例句

Years of broken promises led to deep disenchantment among the town's young voters.

多年來一再跳票，讓鎮上的年輕選民深感幻滅。

disenchantment among [a group of people]

Camila felt a growing disenchantment with her job after the company cut everyone's pay.

公司刪減了大家的薪水後，Camila 對工作越來越感到失望。

disenchantment with [something] for the cause

常見搭配
  • deep disenchantment
  • growing disenchantment
  • widespread disenchantment
  • disenchantment with politics
同義詞
  • disillusionment

    very close in meaning; stresses the loss of a false belief or idol

  • disappointment

    milder and broader; can be a one-off let-down rather than a lasting loss of faith

  • cynicism

    a settled distrust of others' motives, not just the moment of losing faith

反義詞
  • enchantment

    the delighted, charmed feeling that disenchantment replaces

  • enthusiasm

    eager interest and approval, the opposite mood

文法句型

disenchantment with [something]

用法筆記

Almost always followed by 'with' to name the thing that has lost its appeal (disenchantment with politics, with the system). Subject of the feeling is often a group rather than one named person.

常見錯誤

I have a disenchantment about the plan.
I feel disenchantment with the plan.
the noun takes 'with', not 'about', and is usually uncountable (no 'a').

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • voter disenchantment
  • public disenchantment

常用片語

  • a sense of disenchantment
  • growing disenchantment

介系詞搭配

  • disenchantment with