Word
disaffect
使疏远；使不忠；使不满
to arouse hostility or indifference in someone who was previously friendly, affectionate, or loyal; to make discontented or disloyal
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To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
使失去感情、同情或忠诚；使疏远或离间。
使失去感情、同情或忠诚；使疏远或离间。；使疏远；使不忠；使不满意
In use
The new policy may disaffect many long-time supporters.
Years of neglect disaffected the once loyal customers.
His rude remarks disaffect everyone who used to admire him.
disaffect somebody
disaffect 为及物动词，直接跟宾语，表示“使疏远、使不满意”，常用于正式或政治语境。
The unfair treatment disaffected the employees.
不公平的待遇使员工们感到不满。
be disaffected (by something)
被动形式 disaffected 表示“对…不满”，后面常用 by 引出导致不满的原因。
Many voters were disaffected by the broken promises.
许多选民因承诺落空而感到不满。
Verb forms
base disaffect · third person disaffects · -ing disaffecting · past disaffected · past participle disaffected
及物动词，意为使人失去忠诚、好感或信任；规则变化。
Common mistakes
The employees disaffected with the new policy.The employees became disaffected with the new policy.
disaffect 是及物动词，不能直接接 with 构成不及物用法；表示状态变化时应用 become + disaffected（过去分词作形容词）。
Many students are disaffected to the school rules.Many students are disaffected with the school rules.
disaffected 表示“对……不满/疏远”时搭配介词 with（也可用 toward），不能用 to；这是受汉语“对……”影响而出现的典型错误。
He felt disaffect after the failure.He felt disaffected after the failure.
disaffect 是动词，不能作形容词；表达“感到不满/疏远”必须使用过去分词 disaffected 作形容词补语。
Connections
Collocations
- disaffect the electorate
- 使选民不满
- The new policy could disaffect the electorate.新政策可能使选民不满。
- disaffect supporters
- 使支持者疏远
- The scandal disaffected many supporters.这起丑闻使许多支持者疏远了。
- disaffected youth
- 对现状不满的年轻人
- The program targets disaffected youth.该项目针对对现状不满的年轻人。
- become disaffected with
- 对……产生不满（或疏远）
- Many employees became disaffected with management.许多员工对公司管理层产生了不满。
Synonyms
- alienate
- 使疏远；使失去支持 · 强调因自己的行为使别人不再亲近或支持自己，比 estrange 更常用于一般人际关系。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：dis- = 分开/否定，affect = 感情；把感情从关系中抽走，人便疏远、不再忠诚。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、political commentary、historical narrative 该词较正式，多用于书面语或正式讨论中，表示使人从原有的好感或忠诚转为疏远或不满，日常口语中比较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words end in the sound /ɛkt/ and rhyme with disaffect. Beware of lookalikes: disinfect has an extra unstressed syllable /ɪn/, dissect is spelled -sect and means 'to cut apart', and the noun disaffection is pronounced /ˌdɪsəˈfɛkʃən/ (ends in /ʃən/), not rhyming with the verb.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.