Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #14166
disillusionment
幻灭；觉醒
the disappointment you feel when you discover that something you believed in is not true or as good as you thought
- 1.
A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.
因认识到事物并非期望或相信的那样而产生的失望感,近似沮丧,可能伴有信念受挑战所致的哲学焦虑。
- 2.
The act of freeing from an illusion; the state of being freed therefrom.
使从幻觉中解脱的行为；被解脱的状态。
因认识到事物并非期望或相信的那样而产生的失望感,近似沮丧,可能伴有信念受挑战所致的哲学焦虑。；使从幻觉中解脱的行为；被解脱的状态。；幻灭；觉醒
In use
After a year of unpaid overtime, his disillusionment with the company became impossible to hide.
She felt growing disillusionment with social media after seeing how much of her time it wasted.
The film shows the disillusionment of small-town graduates who arrive in the capital with big dreams.
disillusionment with sth
disillusionment 常与 with 搭配，表示对某人或某事的幻灭。
His disillusionment with politics grew after the election.
选举之后，他对政治的幻灭感越来越强烈。
a feeling/sense of disillusionment
She described a deep sense of disillusionment with her career.
她描述了对职业深深的幻灭感。
Connections
Collocations
- growing disillusionment
- 日益加剧的幻灭感
- There is growing disillusionment with the government's policies.人们对政府政策日益感到幻灭。
- sense of disillusionment
- 幻灭感
- After the scandal, voters felt a deep sense of disillusionment.丑闻之后，选民感到深深的幻灭。
- disillusionment with politics
- 对政治的幻灭
- His disillusionment with politics led him to quit his job.对政治的幻灭使他辞去了工作。
- widespread disillusionment
- 普遍的幻灭
- The broken promises caused widespread disillusionment among the supporters.背弃承诺让支持者普遍感到幻灭。
- bitter disillusionment
- 痛苦的幻灭
- She was left with a bitter disillusionment about love.她对爱情留下了痛苦的幻灭。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 illusion（幻觉）前的 dis- 想成“去掉”，-ment 表过程：去掉幻觉的过程就是幻灭、觉醒。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary criticism、political commentary 该词多用于正式书面语或较严肃的讨论，表达理想、信念或希望破灭后清醒或失望的状态；日常口语中较少直接使用，通常可换用更口语化的说法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见英语单词与 disillusionment 完全押韵（/-uːʒənmənt/）。带 -usion 的词（disillusion, illusion, delusion, allusion）共享重读的 /-uːʒən/ 音，但缺少末尾的 /mənt/；带 -ment 的形近词（bewilderment, astonishment）重音和元音不同，并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
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