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。
使疏远;使不忠;使不满
disaffects — third person singular of disaffect
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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
The unfair treatment disaffected the employees.
不公平的待遇使员工们感到不满。
使失去感情、同情或忠诚;使疏远或离间。
To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
disaffect
Base
原形
disaffects
3rd person
第三人称单数
disaffecting
-ing
现在分词
disaffected
Past
过去式
disaffected
Past participle
过去分词
Constant criticism disaffects the team members.
不断的批评使团队成员产生不满。
The scandal disaffected many loyal supporters.
这起丑闻使许多忠实的支持者变得疏远。
The new policy has disaffected the workforce.
新政策已经使员工心怀不满。
及物动词,意为使人失去忠诚、好感或信任;规则变化。
The new policy may disaffect many long-time supporters.
这项新政策可能会使许多长期支持者感到不满。
Years of neglect disaffected the once loyal customers.
多年的忽视使曾经忠诚的顾客心生疏远。
His rude remarks disaffect everyone who used to admire him.
他粗鲁的言论使所有曾经钦佩他的人都感到失望。
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。
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。
Not this
The employees disaffected with the new policy.
Use this
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)。
Not this
Many students are disaffected to the school rules.
Use this
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。
Not this
He felt disaffect after the failure.
Use this
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。
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使选民不满
The new policy could disaffect the electorate.
新政策可能使选民不满。
使支持者疏远
The scandal disaffected many supporters.
这起丑闻使许多支持者疏远了。
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。
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。
Use disaffects naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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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。
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。
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.
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