Word
disenchant
使清醒；使不再着迷；使醒悟
to free from enchantment or illusion; cause to be disappointed or disillusioned
常用于被动语态，如 be disenchanted with sth.
- 1.
To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
使摆脱幻想、错误信念或着迷；使醒悟。
- 2.
To disappoint.
使失望。
- 3.
To break from a mental captivation such as reverie (daydream) or preoccupation.
从沉思(白日梦)或专注等精神着迷状态中摆脱出来。
- 4.
To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.
解除...的魔咒或魔法。
使摆脱幻想、错误信念或着迷；使醒悟。；使失望。；从沉思(白日梦)或专注等精神着迷状态中摆脱出来。；解除...的魔咒或魔法。；使清醒
In use
After years of broken promises, the voters became disenchanted with the political system.
The harsh realities of the job quickly disenchanted the new employee.
Many young people are disenchanted by the lack of affordable housing.
be disenchanted with sth
常用被动结构，表示‘对…不再抱幻想’或‘对…感到失望’。
Many voters have become disenchanted with the political system.
许多选民已经对政治体制感到失望。
disenchant sb
The harsh reality disenchanted the young idealist.
严酷的现实使那位年轻的理想主义者醒悟了。
Verb forms
base disenchant · third person disenchants · -ing disenchanting · past disenchanted · past participle disenchanted
常用被动结构 be disenchanted with
Connections
Collocations
- be disenchanted with
- 对……不再抱有幻想；对……感到失望
- Many employees are disenchanted with the company's new policy.许多员工对公司的新政策感到失望。
- become disenchanted
- 变得失望；失去幻想
- He became disenchanted with the music industry and quit.他对音乐行业失去幻想，于是退出了。
- disenchanting experience
- 令人醒悟的经历
- Working in politics was a disenchanting experience for her.在政界工作对她来说是一段令人醒悟的经历。
- completely disenchanted
- 完全失去幻想的；彻底失望的
- After the scandal, the voters were completely disenchanted.丑闻之后，选民们彻底失去了幻想。
Pop culture & quotes
- And we're not, we're not disenchanted.
- 我们不是，我们并没有幻灭。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
disenchant 可拆为 dis（去掉）+ enchant（着迷/施魔法），即解除魔咒，让人从着迷中清醒过来。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary texts、formal criticism、political commentary 该词多用于书面或正式语体，表示“使醒悟、使不再抱有幻想”或“使失望”，日常口语中较少见；若表达一般失望，更常用 disappoint。
Grammar Note
常用被动结构 be disenchanted with
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words below rhyme with the stressed syllable of disenchant in British English, sharing /ɑːnt/: enchant, chant, plant, implant, slant, and aunt. Beware lookalikes ending in -ant that do not rhyme: important /ɪmˈpɔːtənt/, tenant /ˈtenənt/, and pant /pænt/. In American English these words are often pronounced with /æ/ instead of /ɑː/.
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.