lesson 04 失望

　　disappointment

　　01 what a disappointment!

　　真让人失望！

　　类似表达 what a letdown! / that's a real letdown! / this is disappointing!

　　02 what a bummer!

　　太扫兴了！

　　单词释义 bummer [?b?m?(r)] n. 郁闷，心烦

　　03 she let her parents down.

　　她让父母失望了。

　　词组释义 let sb down 让某人失望

　　04 what a pity!

　　太遗憾了！

　　类似表达 what a bummer! / what a shame!

　　05 all the efforts went down the drain.

　　所有的努力都白费了。

　　词组释义 go down the drain 白白地被浪费掉，枉费心机

　　06 my effort was wasted.

　　我白费力气了。

　　类似表达

　　all that went for nothing. / it was a waste of effort. / all my effort went down the drain. /it was all a waste. / it was all for nothing. / all my efforts ended up in smoke.

　　07 you let me down.

　　你真让我失望。

　　类似表达 you brought me down. / you disappointed me. / i'm disappointed with you.

　　08 that's too bad!

　　太糟糕了！

　　类似表达 that's terrible! / too bad!

　　09 i messed up.

　　我搞砸了。

　　词组释义 mess up 弄糟，搞砸

　　10 it wasn't as good as i thought it would be.

　　没有我原先想象的好。

　　类似表达

　　it didn't come up to expectation. / i'd expected it to be much better. / it's not as good as i had expected.

　　11 the movie was sort of disappointing.

　　这部电影有点令人失望。

　　语法提要

　　sort of 做副词，表示“稍稍，有几分地，有那么点儿”，比较口语化，后面可以接形容词。

　　12 it's a real shame that she couldn't go with us.

　　真可惜，她不能和我们一起去了。

　　类似表达

　　what a pity she couldn't go with us. / it's a pity that she couldn't go with us.

　　13 it leads me on a wild-goose chase.

　　我白费了半天劲。

　　词组释义 wild-goose chase 荒谬无益之追求，徒劳无功

　　14 i had hoped that i could see you today.

　　我本来希望今天能见到你。

　　类似表达

　　i must say i had hoped to see you today. / i was hoping that i may see you today.

　　15 i blew it.

　　我真失策。

　　类似表达 i screwed up. / i messed up.

　　16 the concert was a letdown.

　　那场演唱会真令人失望。

　　单词释义 letdown ['let'da?n] n. 失望

　　17 a smile masks her disappointment.

　　微笑遮掩了她的失望。

　　单词释义 mask [mɑ:sk] vt. vi. 戴面具，掩饰，掩盖，隐瞒

　　18 i have been deceived in his performance.

　　我对他的表现感到失望。

　　词组释义 be deceived in... 对……感到失望

　　19 i am a little despondent over my future.

　　我对自己的未来感到有些灰心。

　　单词释义 despondent [d?'sp?nd?nt] adj. 泄气的，沮丧的，意志消沉的

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