unsatisfying

英 [ˌʌnˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌnˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ]

adj.  不令人满意(或感到满足)的

现在分词：unsatisfying　

COCA.34515

牛津词典

adj.

• 不令人满意（或感到满足）的
  not giving you any satisfaction
  1. a shallow, unsatisfying relationship
     淡薄而不令人满意的关系

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不令人满意的
  If you find somethingunsatisfying, you do not get any satisfaction from it.
  1. Rose says so far the marriage has been unsatisfying...
     罗丝说到目前为止她的婚姻并不令人满意。
  2. The boredom is caused as much by people's unsatisfying home lives as by lack of work.
     不幸福的家庭生活和失业都会导致心生倦怠。

英英释义

adj

• not up to expectations
  1. a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising
  Synonym:disappointingdissatisfactory

双语例句

• Many people think they know the right way to go about picking an occupation, but they often wind up choosing a career that is unsatisfying.
  很多人都认为自己知道正确的择业方法，但是最后都选择了自己不满意的职位。
• Its development was discontinued due to unsatisfying efficacy in clinical trials in2002.
  2002年由于临床疗效不满意而停止了开发进程。
• Shakespeare produces a very unsatisfying deus ex machina in'the winter's tale ', when, at the very end of the play, a statue turns out to be a real woman.
  莎士比亚在《冬天的故事》中制造了一个很不能令人满意的大团圆结局：在戏剧的最末处，一尊雕塑变成了一个真的女人。
• More and more people are laking holism seriously because they find materialism unsatisfying.
  越来越多的人开始相信整体论，因为他们发现物质主义不能令人满意。
• The unsatisfying pursuit of economic growth.
  对经济增长的不恰当追求。
• When I was in my20s, I had boyfriends, but overall my love life was somewhat unsatisfying.
  当我20多岁的时候，我有过几任男友，但整体而言我的恋爱生活总是不能尽如我意。
• At times, our achievements may [ seem] incomplete and unsatisfying, but we are committed to seeing this through, and we believe the world is depending on our success.
  有时，我们的成就可能看似不彻底、不能令人满意。然而，我们有决心完成这项事业。
• While a life bent on instant pleasure and gratification offers some degree of happiness, it is ultimately unsatisfying on its own, he says.
  他说，当一个人倾向于片刻的欢乐和与因满意而在某种程度上的开心时，这并不能从根本上使他满足。
• However, the reason we have to constantly remind ourselves not to resent life itself is that life itself has unsatisfying details we cannot forget.
  然而，之所以我们还需要不断地告诫自己不要对生活本身充满怨恨，是因为生活本身一定存在着不如意的细节让我们难以忘怀。
• The explanation has a kind of logic, but it is also unsatisfying.
  他的解释符合逻辑，可是并不能令人满意。