| 单词 | disaffected |
| 释义 | disaffected (once / 3766 pages) adj The adjective disaffected describes someone who is dissatisfied or rebellious. Usually if you're disaffected, you're upset with people in authority. You and your fellow disaffected workers might become so upset about the lack of raises that you decided to boycott work. You might have heard the term "disaffected youth," which refers to young people rebelling against some aspect of society. For example, disaffected youth might fight against their lack of political freedom. Disaffected can also be used to describe things rather than people, like the disaffected lyrics in a song or the disaffected mood of a poem describing an unhappy or bitter state of mind. The word disaffected comes from disaffect, meaning "estranged, hostile." WORD FAMILYdisaffect: disaffected, disaffecting, disaffection, disaffects+/affect: affectation, affected, affecting, affectional, affective, affects, disaffect/affectation: affectations/affected: affectedest, affectedly, affectedness, ill-affected, unaffected/affecting: affectingly, unaffecting/affectional: affectionally/affective: affectively/disaffection: disaffections/unaffected: unaffectedly, unaffectedness USAGE EXAMPLESIt would be likely to gather less support from disaffected Labour voters and left-wing critics of the EU. BBC(Jun 27, 2016) But a successful movement must drive a sharp wedge between Trump and many of the disaffected Americans he drew to his campaign. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) “Decline” is one of a handful of movies on this year’s registry that touch on the themes of teen angst and/or disaffected youth. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) adj discontented as toward authority Syn ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious discontent, discontented showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing |
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