英语单词“underwhelm”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 underwhelm 释义 underwhelmverb[IorT]uk

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/??n.d??welm/tofailto make someone, orpeopleingeneral,feelanyexcitementoradmiration, or to make themfeellessexcitementoradmirationthanexpected:I have to say thatstoriesofsuperheroesalmostalways underwhelm me.Hisspeechesneverfailto underwhelm(= they are neverimpressiveorexciting).

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• Sofarthisyearoursalesfigureunderwhelm.
• Thegrouphasinheritedacompanythat has underwhelmedWallStreet.
• While he was there, hedecidedtovisitthefamousrock, which underwhelmed him and agroupoftourists.
• The company'sgrowthtargetsunderwhelmedinvestors,sendingitssharesdown 8percent.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bore and bored

• banal
• be (stuck) in a grooveidiom
• be watching the clockidiom
• bend
• blah
• boil
• bore
• bore the ass offsomeoneidiom
• bored
• languidly
• listless
• listlessly
• listlessness
• outgrow
• tire
• underemployed
• underwhelmed
• undynamic
• uninspired
• uninterested

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(Definition ofunderwhelmfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/underwhelm##