| 单词 | dissatisfaction |
| 释义 | dissatisfaction (once / 1322 pages) n When you're unhappy, disappointed, or or annoyed about something, you feel a sense of dissatisfaction. Your dissatisfaction with your boring French class might inspire you to switch to beginning Mandarin. An entire country's dissatisfaction with their government can lead to a new administration being voted in, or in the case of extreme dissatisfaction, a revolution. Your dissatisfaction with the pasta dish you ordered might simply make you ask for a hamburger instead. Dissatisfaction adds the dis-, or "lack of," prefix to satisfaction, which originally referred to "an act by a priest to atone for sin," but came to mean "contentment" by the 14th century. WORD FAMILYdissatisfaction: dissatisfactions+/dissatisfactory: dissatisfactorily/dissatisfied: dissatisfiedly/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 EXAMPLESAn independent investigator hired by the Reno City Council found deep dissatisfaction with Clinger at both the council and staff level. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Executive departures hint of internal dissatisfaction with the new approach. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) It also reflected the president-elect’s dissatisfaction with his options for someone to appear at the White House podium as press secretary for daily briefings. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) n the feeling of being displeased and discontent he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received Ant|Hypo|Hyper satisfaction the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation boredom, ennui, tedium the feeling of being bored by something tedious displeasurethe feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something disappointment, letdowna feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized blahsa general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction fatigue(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something defeat, frustrationthe feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals discontent, discontentedness, discontentment a longing for something better than the present situation |
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