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point → appoint、disappoint

disappoint含appoint,appoint含point,三者的关系如下:

point是“指,点”,appoint是“指派,任命”,从“指”到“指派”是词义从具体到抽象的变化。

再搭配否定前缀dis构成disappoint,本义为remove from a post or office,即“解职”,后来演变为fail to keep an appointment,即“未能保住任命”,这自然会导致“不满意,沮丧,受挫”等情绪,即fail to satisfy, frustrate, thwart,由此形成其现在的含义“使失望”。

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