The research team was disappointed when the initial results failed to support their hypothesis about the migratory pattern.
研究团队感到失望，因为初步结果未能支持他们关于迁徙模式的假设。
Which choice best defines “disappointed”?
D — Feeling sad because something was not as good as expected. “disappointed” means feeling sad because something was not as good as expected.
Which word means “feeling sad because something was not as good as expected”?
D — disappointed. “disappointed” means feeling sad because something was not as good as expected.
disappointed — feeling sad because something was not as good as expected. In Chinese: 失望的.
disappointed is pronounced /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/.
The research team was disappointed when the initial results failed to support their hypothesis about the migratory pattern. (研究团队感到失望，因为初步结果未能支持他们关于迁徙模式的假设。)
let down, dissatisfied, disheartened — all close in meaning to disappointed (feeling sad because something was not as good as expected).
satisfied, pleased — each the opposite of disappointed (feeling sad because something was not as good as expected).
Yes. disappointed is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.