Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 58
Disagreement (n.) 意見不合 [U]；爭吵，爭論 [C]；不符，不一致 [U] [（+between）]；不合，不適宜 [U] Unsuitableness; unadaptedness. [R.]
Disagreement (n.) Difference of opinion or sentiment.
Disagreement (n.) A falling out, or controversy; difference.
Syn: Difference; diversity; dissimilitude; unlikeness; discrepancy; variance; dissent; misunderstanding; dissension; division; dispute; jar; wrangle; discord.
Disagreement (n.) A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters [syn: disagreement, dissension, dissonance] [ant: accord, agreement].
Disagreement (n.) A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance].
Disagreement (n.) The speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing [ant: agreement].
Disagreement (n.) [ C or U ] (B2) 分歧；意見不合 An argument or a situation in which people do not have the same opinion.
// We had a disagreement about/over the fee for the work.
// Literary critics were in total disagreement (about the value of the book).
Disagreer (n.) One who disagrees. -- Hammond.
Disalliege (v. t.) To alienate from allegiance. [Obs. & R.] -- Milton.
Disallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Disallow.
Disallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disallow.
Disallow (v. t.) 不許；駁回 To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God. -- 1 Pet. ii. 4.
That the edicts of C[ae]sar we may at all times disallow, but the statutes of God for no reason we may reject. -- Milton.
Note: This verb was sometimes followed by of; as, "What follows, if we disallow of this?" -- Shak. See Allow.
Syn: To disapprove; prohibit; censure; reject.
Disallow (v.) Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit].
Disallowable (a.) 可拒絕的；可否決的 Not allowable; not to be suffered. -- Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness, n.
Disallowance (n.) 不准；禁止 The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.
Syn: Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
Disally (v. t.) To part, as an alliance; to sunder. [R.] "Disallied their nuptials." -- Milton.
Disambiguation (n.) 澄清 Clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity.
Disanchor (v. t. & i.) 解錨；起錨 To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. [Obs.] -- Heywood.
Disangelical (a.) Not angelical. [R.] "Disangelical nature." -- Coventry.
Disanimated (imp. & p. p.) of Disanimate.
Disanimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disanimate.
Disanimate (v. t.) 使失去生命；使灰心 To deprive of life. [R.] -- Cudworth.
Disanimate (v. t.) To deprive of spirit; to dishearten. -- Shak.
Disanimation (n.) 灰心 Privation of life. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Disanimation (n.) The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits.
Disannex (v. t.) 使分開 To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. -- State Trials (1608).
Disannul (v. t.) 取消；使無效 To annul completely; to render void or of no effect.
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? -- Isaiah xiv. 27.
Note: The prefix in this word an its derivatives is intensive, and not negative.
Disannuller (n.) One who disannuls.
Disannulment (n.) Complete annulment.
Disanoint (v. t.) To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Disapparel (v. t.) To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked.
Drink disapparels the soul. -- Junius (1635).
Disappeared (imp. & p. p.) of Disappear.
Disappearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disappear.
Disappear (v. i.) 消失，不見；突然離開；不復存在，滅絕 To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port.
Disappear (v. i.) To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared.
Disappear (v.) Get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" [syn: disappear, vanish, go away] [ant: appear].
Disappear (v.) Become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke" [syn: vanish, disappear, go away].
Disappear (v.) Cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" [syn: vanish, disappear] [ant: appear, come along].
Disappear (v.) Become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" [syn: melt, disappear, evaporate].
Disappear (v.) [ I ] (B1) 消失，失蹤 If people or things disappear, they go somewhere where they cannot be seen or found.
// The search was called off for the sailors who disappeared in the storm.
// I can't find my keys anywhere - they've completely disappeared.
// The sun disappeared behind a cloud.
// We looked for her but she had disappeared into the crowd.
// The movie is about a girl who mysteriously disappeared while on a picnic at Hanging Rock.
// I don't know how it's possible for a person to disappear without trace.
Disappearance (n.) 消失；失蹤；滅絕 [C] [U] The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. -- Addison.
Disappearance (n.) The act of leaving secretly or without explanation [syn: {disappearance}, {disappearing}] [ant: {appearance}].
Disappearance (n.) The event of passing out of sight [ant: {appearance}].
Disappearance (n.) Gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: {fade}, {disappearance}].
Disappearance (n.) Ceasing to exist; "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula"; "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?"; "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures".
Disappearance (n.) [ C or U ] (B2) 消失，失蹤 The fact of someone or something disappearing.
// A man was being questioned in connection with her disappearance.
Disappendency (n.) A detachment or separation from a former connection. [R.]
Disappendent (a.) Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected. [R.]
Disapointed (imp. & p. p.) of Disappoint.
Disappointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disappoint.
Disappoint (v. t.) 使失望；使（希望等）破滅，挫敗 To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil.
I was disappointed, but very agreeably. -- Macaulay.
Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained.
Disappoint (v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. -- Addison.
Syn: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See Tantalize.
Disappoint (v.) Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" [syn: disappoint, let down].
Disappoint (v.) [ I or T ] (B1) （使）失望，（使）沮喪 To fail to satisfy someone or their hopes, wishes, etc., or to make someone feel unhappy.
// I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid I can't come after all.
// We don't want to disappoint the fans.
Disappointed (a.) Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.
Disappointed (a.) Unprepared; unequipped. [Obs.]
Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled. -- Shak.
Disappointed (a.) Disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted].
Disappointment (n.) 失望；掃興，[U] 沮喪；使失望的人；[C] 令人掃興的事 The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.
If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them. -- Addison.
In disappointment thou canst bless. -- Keble.
Disappointment (n.) That which disappoints.
Syn: Miscarriage; frustration; balk.
Disappointment (n.) A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment" [syn: {disappointment}, {letdown}].
Disappointment (n.) An act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone [syn: {disappointment}, {dashing hopes}].
Disappointment (n.) (B1) [ U ] 失望，沮喪 The feeling of being disappointed.
// Get tickets early to avoid disappointment.
// To my (great) disappointment (= sadness), he decided to leave.
Disappointment (n.) (B1) [ C usually singular ] 令人失望的人（或事物） Something or someone that is not what you were hoping it would be.
// The party turned out to be a huge disappointment.
// I always felt I was a disappointment to my parents.
Disappreciate (v. t.) To undervalue; not to esteem. -- Dis`ap*pre`ci*a"tion, n.
Disapprobation (n.) 不贊成；非難；不以為然 The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure.
We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all the steps. -- Burke.
Disapprobation (n.) An expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable; "his uncompromising condemnation of racism" [syn: disapprobation, condemnation] [ant: approbation].
Disapprobatory (a.) Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
Disappropriate (a.) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.
The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways. -- Blackstone.
Disappropriate (v. t.) To release from individual ownership or possession. -- Milton.
Disappropriate (v. t.) (Law) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation.
Appropriations of the several parsonages . . . would heave been, by the rules of the common law, disappropriated. -- Blackstone.
Disappropriation (n.) The act of disappropriating.
Disapproval (n.) [U] 不贊成；非難；不喜歡；不准許 Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
Disapproval (n.) A feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing [ant: approval].
Disapproval (n.) The expression of disapproval [ant: approval, commendation].
Disapproval (n.) An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group [syn: disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval].
Disapproval (n.) The act of disapproving or condemning [ant: approval, approving, blessing].
Disapproval (n.) [ U ] (C1) 反對，不贊成 The feeling of having a negative opinion of someone or something.
// Although they said nothing, she could sense their disapproval of her suggestion.
// There was a note of disapproval in the teacher's voice.
Disapproved (imp. & p. p.) of Disapprove.
Disapproving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disapprove.
Disapprove (v. t.) 不贊成；不同意 To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others.
Disapprove (v. t.) To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief.
Note: This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See Approve.
Disapprove (v.) (v. i.) 不贊同；不喜歡 [（+of）] Consider bad or wrong [ant: approve].
Disapprove (v.) Deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" [syn: disapprove, reject] [ant: O.K., approve, okay, sanction].
Disapprover (n.) One who disapproves.
Disapprovingly (adv.) 不以為然地；不贊成地；非難地 In a disapproving manner.
Disapprovingly (adv.) Showing disapproval; "he shook his head disapprovingly" [ant: approvingly].
Disard (n.) See Dizzard. [Obs.] -- Burton.
Compare: Dizzard
Dizzard (n.) A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.] -- Diz"zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Disarming (imp. & p. p.) of Disarm
Disarming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disarm
Disarm (v. t.) 繳……的械；解除……的武裝；使無害；消除……的傷害力To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
Security disarms the best-appointed army. -- Fuller.
The proud was half disarmed of pride. -- Tennyson.
Disarm (v. t.) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
Disarm (v.) (v. i.) 放下武器；裁減（或廢除）軍備 Remove offensive capability from [syn: disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise] [ant: arm, build up, fortify, gird].
Disarm (v.) Make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely".
Disarm (v.) Take away the weapons from; render harmless [syn: disarm, unarm].
Disarmament (n.) [U] 解除武裝；繳械；裁軍，裁減軍備The act of disarming.
Disarmament (n.) Act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete" [syn: disarming, disarmament] [ant: armament, arming, equipping].
Disarmature (n.) The act of divesting of armature. [R.]
Disarmed (a.) Deprived of arms.
Disarmed (a.) (Her.) Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks. -- Cussans.
Disarmer (n.) One who disarms.
Disarmer (n.) Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes [syn: pacifist, pacificist, disarmer].
Disarranged (imp. & p. p.) of Disarrange.
Disarranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disarrange.
Disarrange (v. t.) 弄亂；擾亂；使混亂 To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.
Disarrange (v.) Destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk" [ant: arrange, set up].
Disarrange (v.) Disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers".
Disarrangement (n.) 擾亂 The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder. -- Cowper.
Disarrangement (n.) A condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted [syn: disorganization, disorganisation, disarrangement].
Disarrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Disarray.
Disarraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disarray.
Disarray (v. t.) 使混亂；弄亂 To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
Who with fiery steeds Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. -- Fenton.
Disarray (v. t.) To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed. -- Spenser.
Disarray (n.) 無秩序；衣冠不整 Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
Disrank the troops, set all in disarray. -- Daniel.
Disarray (n.) Confused attire; undress. -- Spenser.
Disarray (n.) A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" [syn: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray].
Disarray (n.) Untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance) [syn: disarray, disorderliness].
Disarray (v.) Bring disorder to [syn: disorder, disarray] [ant: order].
Disarrayment (n.) Disorder. [R.] -- Feltham.
Disarticulate (v. t.) 使脫節 To sunder; to separate, as joints. -- Dis`ar*tic`u*la"tion, n.
Disarticulate (v.) (v. i.) 脫節Separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it" [syn: disjoint, disarticulate].
Disarticulator (n.) One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.
Disassent (v. i.) To dissent. [Obs.]
Disassent (n.) Dissent. [Obs.] -- E. Hall.
Disassenter (n.) One who disassents; a dissenter. [Obs.] -- State Trials (1634).
Disassiduity (n.) Want of assiduity or care. [R.] -- Sir H. Wotton.
Disassimilate (v. t.) (Physiol.) 使異化 To subject to disassimilation.
Disassimilation (n.) 異化作用 The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism. -- now more commonly called catabolism.
The breaking down of already existing chemical compounds into simpler ones, sometimes called disassimilation. -- Martin.
Disassimilative (a.) (Physiol.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.
Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells. -- McKendrick.
Disassociated (imp. & p. p.) of Disassociate.
Disassociating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disassociate.
Disassociate (v. t.) 使分離；使無關連 To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate. -- Florio.
Disassociate (v.) Part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" [syn: disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint].
Disaster (n.) [C] [U] 災害，災難，不幸，天災，大禍，禍患； 【口】 徹底的失敗 An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. [Obs.]
Disasters in the sun. -- Shak.
Disaster (n.) An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap.
But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat The stronger. -- Longfellow.
Syn: Calamity; misfortune; mishap; mischance; visitation; misadventure; ill luck. See Calamity.
Disaster (v. t.) To blast by the influence of a baleful star. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Disaster (v. t.) To bring harm upon; to injure. [R.] -- Thomson.
Disaster (n.) A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" [syn: {catastrophe}, {disaster}].
Disaster (n.) An event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [syn: {calamity}, {catastrophe}, {disaster}, {tragedy}, {cataclysm}].
Disaster (n.) An act that has disastrous consequences.
Disasterly (adv.) Disastrously. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Disastrous (a.) 災害的；災難性的，悲慘的 Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [Obs.]
The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. -- Milton.
Disastrous (a.) Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.
Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. -- Shak. -- {Dis*as"trous*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*as"trous*ness}, n.
Disastrous (a.) (Of events) Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" [syn: {black}, {calamitous}, {disastrous}, {fatal}, {fateful}].
Disattire (v. t.) To unrobe; to undress. -- Spenser.
Disaugment (v. t.) To diminish. [R.]
Disauthorize (v. t.) To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [R.] -- W. Wotton.
Disavaunce (v. t.) To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Disaventure (n.) Misfortune. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Disaventurous (a.) Misadventurous; unfortunate. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Compare: Misadventurous
Misadventurous (a.) Unfortunate.
Compare: Unfortunate
Unfortunate (a.) 不幸的，倒霉的；令人遺憾的；可惜的；不適宜的；不成功的 Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. -- n. An unfortunate person. -- Hood. -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ness}, n.
Unfortunate (a.) Not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" [ant: {fortunate}].
Unfortunate (a.) Not auspicious; boding ill [syn: {inauspicious}, {unfortunate}] [ant: {auspicious}].
Unfortunate (a.) Unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech".
Unfortunate (n.) 不幸的人 [C] A person who suffers misfortune [syn: {unfortunate}, {unfortunate person}].
Compare: Auspicious
Auspicious (a.) 吉兆的；吉利的；興盛的；幸運的 Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
Auspicious union of order and freedom. -- Macaulay.
Auspicious (a.) Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious chief." -- Dryden.
Auspicious (a.) Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things. "Thy auspicious mistress." -- Shak. "Auspicious gales." -- Pope.
Syn: See {Propitious}. -- {Aus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Aus*pi"cious*ness}, n.
Auspicious (a.) Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign" [ant: {inauspicious}, {unfortunate}].