disappoints
がっかりする
解説 Definition
disappoints は disappoint（がっかりさせる）の三人称単数現在形です。主語が人の期待を下回り、相手を残念な気持ちにさせることを表します。
The third-person singular present form of disappoint, meaning that a person, event, or result makes someone feel unhappy because it fails to meet their hopes, expectations, or standards.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
disappoint に三単現の -s を付けた形で、主語が he、she、it や単数名詞のときに使います。発音の末尾は /ts/ です。「期待した地点に届かせない」という感覚で、The ending disappoints readers のように、原因となる物事＋disappoints＋人の型を覚えましょう。
Disappoints is the third-person singular present form of disappoint. Add -s when the subject is he, she, it, or one singular person or thing; the ending is pronounced /ts/. Keep the sentence pattern clear: something disappoints someone. For example, an ending disappoints readers when it does not meet their expectations. The word is about the effect on the disappointed person, so it is normally transitive in this use. Connect it with expectations missing their intended point, and remember combinations such as disappoints me, disappoints fans, and never disappoints.
例文
The ending disappoints many readers.
その結末は多くの読者をがっかりさせます。
It disappoints me when the train is late again.
電車がまた遅れると、私はがっかりします。
A promise that is not kept disappoints the people who trusted it.
守られない約束は、それを信じた人々をがっかりさせます。
disappoints の類義語・関連語
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disappoints の語源・成り立ち Etymology
disappoint は古フランス語 desapointer に由来し、dis-「離して・打ち消して」+ appoint「定める」から成ります。関連語に appoint, point があり、期待が一点に定まらず外れてしまう感覚から「がっかりさせる」となり、disappoints はその三単現形です。
Disappoints is formed from disappoint plus the third-person singular ending -s. Disappoint came through French from a verb built with dis- and appoint, historically conveying the cancellation or undoing of an appointment or arrangement. Its meaning later broadened from defeating an intended outcome to failing to fulfill a person’s expectations. Appoint and point belong to the same wider word history, though the modern emotional sense is specific to disappoint.
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