失望
解説 Definition
disappointments は disappointment の複数形で、期待に反して失望を招いた複数の出来事や結果、人、経験を指します。希望がかなわなかった繰り返しの経験にも使います。
The plural of disappointment, referring to several events, outcomes, people, or experiences that failed to meet expectations and caused sadness or dissatisfaction. It can also denote repeated occasions on which someone’s hopes were not fulfilled.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- disappointments は期待外れの出来事や経験を数えます。不可算の disappointment は、失望という感情そのものに焦点を当てます。 Disappointments counts disappointing events or experiences. Uncountable disappointment focuses on the feeling itself.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
期待外れだった経験を一つずつ振り返る場面を思い浮かべましょう。disappointment に -s を付けた複数形で、語末の -s は /s/ と発音します。
Picture looking back at several separate experiences that failed to meet your hopes. Add plural -s to disappointment; the ending is pronounced /s/ after /t/.
例文
The season had many disappointments for the team.
そのチームにとって、そのシーズンには多くの失望がありました。
She learned from her disappointments and tried again.
彼女は失望した経験から学び、もう一度挑戦しました。
disappointments の類義語・関連語
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disappointments の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古仏語の接頭辞dis-(否定)＋appoint(計画する)＋-ment(結果)から成ります。appointはラテン語のpunctum(点)に由来し、「立てた点(予定)を消す」ことから「期待が外れる」意味に転じました。関連語にappointment(予定)やpunctual(きっちりした)があります。
Disappointments is the plural of disappointment. Disappointment was formed from disappoint plus -ment, the noun-forming suffix marking an action, result, or state. Disappoint developed from dis- and appoint, which came through French from a Latin expression connected with marking or fixing a point. The word moved from the undoing of an arrangement or appointment to the failure of a hope or expectation.
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