Word · Frequency #21416
displease
使不愉快；使生气
to make someone feel annoyed or unhappy
- 1.
To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.
使不悦；引起反感或厌恶；令人不快；使微恼。
- 2.
To give displeasure or offense.
表示不悦或冒犯。
使不悦；引起反感或厌恶；令人不快；使微恼。；表示不悦或冒犯。；使不愉快；使(人)生气
In use
The manager's decision to change the schedule displeased several employees.
She was clearly displeased with the service at the restaurant.
If you keep ignoring the rules, you will displease your supervisor.
displease sb
主动语态，后接表示人的宾语。
His rude remarks displeased the host.
他粗鲁的言论使主人不悦。
be displeased with/at/by sth
常用被动结构，介词根据语境选择。
She was displeased with the service at the hotel.
她对酒店的服务感到不满。
be displeased that clause
后接that从句，表示对某事实的不满。
Connections
Collocations
- be displeased with sb/sth
- 对某人/某事物感到不满
- She was clearly displeased with his answer.她显然对他的回答感到不满。
- displease the voters
- 使选民不满
- The proposed cuts may displease voters.拟议的削减措施可能会使选民不满。
- not want to displease sb
- 不想惹某人不快
- I didn't want to displease my boss, so I agreed.我不想惹老板不快，就同意了。
- deeply displeased
- 深感不悦的
- She was deeply displeased by the news.她听到这条消息深感不悦。
- displeased look
- 不悦的神情
- He gave me a displeased look.他不悦地看了我一眼。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 dis（不）+ please（取悦）：不取悦于人，自然使人不悦、惹人反感。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式信函、官方声明、礼貌投诉 该词较正式，多用于书面或礼貌场合，语气比 make unhappy 更克制；日常口语中较少见，通常用 annoyed 或 upset 表达。
Grammar Note
常用于被动结构 be displeased (with/at/by sb/sth)
Pronunciation & Spelling
同韵词包括 please /pliːz/、ease /iːz/、disease /dɪˈziːz/、cheese /tʃiːz/、breeze /briːz/、seize /siːz/，都以 /iːz/ 结尾。注意拼写相似但读音不同的词：displeasure /dɪsˈpleʒər/、dispel /dɪˈspel/、dispose /dɪˈspoʊz/，切勿按 displease 的拼写类推读音。
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.