| 单词 | dissatisfied |
| 释义 | dissatisfied (once / 1047 pages) adj If you're dissatisfied, you're not happy — you're annoyed and disgruntled. You probably don't enjoy eating out with your parents if they're always dissatisfied with the food they order. You might be dissatisfied with the final episode of your favorite TV show, or dissatisfied with your grades n German last semester. In either case, you're not pleased. A slightly different way to be dissatisfied is to be unconvinced: "She was dissatisfied with the answer he gave when she asked when he planned to pay back the money he owed her." Dissatisfied combines dis-, "not," and satisfied, from a Latin root, satisfacere, "do enough." WORD FAMILYdissatisfied: dissatisfiedly+/dissatisfaction: dissatisfactions/dissatisfactory: dissatisfactorily/dissatisfy: dissatisfaction, dissatisfactory, dissatisfied, dissatisfies, dissatisfying/satisfaction: satisfactions, self-satisfaction/satisfactory: satisfactorily, satisfactoriness, unsatisfactory/satisfiable: unsatisfiable/satisfied: satisfiedest, satisfiedly, self-satisfied, unsatisfied/satisfier: satisfiers/satisfy: dissatisfy, satisfaction, satisfactory, satisfiable, satisfied, satisfier, satisfies, satisfying/satisfying: satisfyingly, unsatisfying/unsatisfactory: unsatisfactorily, unsatisfactoriness/unsatisfiable: unsatisfiably/unsatisfying: unsatisfyingly USAGE EXAMPLESThough Ivanovic peaked early, she said she was not dissatisfied. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) Even more Kansans - 74 percent - are dissatisfied with Brownback’s job performance. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Mr. Bossie frequently clashed with Mr. Priebus, and Mr. Trump was dissatisfied with him by the end of the campaign. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) adj in a state of sulky dissatisfaction Syn disgruntled discontent, discontented showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing |
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