| 单词 |
dissatisfaction |
| 释义 |
dissatisfaction|dɪssætɪsˈfækʃən|
[f. dis- 9 + satisfaction.]
The fact or condition of being dissatisfied; discontent; ‘want of something to complete the wish’ (J.).
1640in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 52 When..the Spanish Armada appeared in the Downs, to the great fear and dissatisfaction of the City. 1648Cromwell Let. 25 Nov., The dissatisfaction you take at the ways of some good men. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest i, The chance of future trouble..occasioned some dissatisfaction. 1868Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 335 He..concluded (as usual) by giving universal dissatisfaction.
b. (with pl.) A feeling or expression of dissatisfaction or discontent.
c1640Sanderson in Walton Life App. i, From the reading of it I went away with many and great dissatisfactions. 1662H. More Philos. Writ. Pref. Gen. 12 Concerning my Immortality of the Soul, I shall take notice only of these two Dissatisfactions. 1723Blackmore True Hist. Conspir. Pref. A viij a, The Conspirators..ingrafted their Treason on Public Dissatisfactions.
c. A cause or occasion of dissatisfaction or discontent; a dissatisfactory circumstance.
1702W. J. Bruyn's Voy. Levant lxvii. 242 They had..the dissatisfaction of being obliged to return home, without having seen the Antiquities of Tadmor. |
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