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单词 disappointingly
释义

disappointingly

/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋli/
adverb
1In a manner that fails to fulfil someone’s hopes or expectations: the concert ended disappointingly [as submodifier]: the audience was disappointingly small...
  • The left has made disappointingly slow progress in building a meritocratic society.
  • The day started disappointingly with no umpires turning up.
  • Rapley could have taken the game into extra time when he latched on to a long clearance but shot disappointingly wide.
2 [sentence adverb] Used to express disappointment at an event or situation: disappointingly, bad weather forced the cancellation of my trip...
  • Yet, disappointingly, few of the scholarly articles are mentioned in the notes or bibliography.
  • Disappointingly soon, the helicopters whisk us back to camp.
  • Disappointingly, however, bad weather forced the cancellation of my whale-watching trip.
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