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be disaffected with/toward sb/sth
disaffected 侧重因失望而产生的疏离或不忠情绪，常与 with 或 toward 连用。
Many workers are disaffected with the company's new policies.
许多工人对公司的新政策感到不满。
不满的；疏远的；不忠的
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不满的；疏远的；不忠的
discontented as toward authority
Many workers are disaffected with the company's new policies.
许多工人对公司的新政策感到不满。
疏远的；不满的；有敌意的。
Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect.
Many disaffected voters stayed home on election day.
许多心怀不满的选民在选举日待在了家里。
The disaffected employees started looking for jobs elsewhere.
那些不满的员工开始去别处寻找工作。
A disaffected teenager often ignores school rules and family advice.
一个心怀不满的青少年常常无视校规和家人的建议。
disaffected 侧重因失望而产生的疏离或不忠情绪，常与 with 或 toward 连用。
Many workers are disaffected with the company's new policies.
许多工人对公司的新政策感到不满。
作定语修饰名词时，表示“不满的、疏远的”，多形容某个群体。
The party is trying to win back disaffected voters.
该党正试图重新赢得心怀不满的选民。
the disaffected 指“不满的群体”，作复数看待。
The government's policies have alienated the disaffected.
政府的政策疏远了那些不满者。
Not this
Many citizens disaffect with the government.
Use this
Many citizens are disaffected with the government.
disaffect 是及物动词，表示“使疏远”，不能放在主语后表示自身状态，也不与 with 搭配；表达“不满、疏远”要用形容词 disaffected，并加 be 动词构成 be disaffected with。
Not this
He became disaffected to the company after the scandal.
Use this
He became disaffected with the company after the scandal.
disaffected 表示“对……不满/疏远”时后接介词 with（也可用 toward 或 from），不能接 to；to 只表示方向，无法表达这种针对机构或权威的疏远关系。
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心怀不满的年轻人
The government is worried about disaffected youth turning to crime.
政府担心心怀不满的年轻人会走上犯罪道路。
心怀不满的选民
Disaffected voters stayed home on election day.
心怀不满的选民在选举日待在家里。
心存不满的员工
Disaffected employees complained to the management.
心存不满的员工向管理层投诉。
不满的民众
The disaffected population took to the streets in protest.
不满的民众走上街头抗议。
心怀不满的公民
The new policy only made disaffected citizens angrier.
新政策只会让心怀不满的公民更加愤怒。
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想成 dis（不）+ affected（受影响）→ 不再受权威影响，心生不满而疏远。
语域：formal 常见场景：politics、news reporting、formal writing disaffected 通常用于正式语境，多指对政府、政党、上级等权威或组织心怀不满、疏远甚至不忠；常见于政治评论、新闻报道和正式文章，日常口语中较少使用。
前五个词与 disaffected 押韵：重读音节均为 /ekt/，结尾为 /ɪd/。affection 拼写相近，但读作 /əˈfekʃən/，不押韵，注意区分。
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