| 词组 | dissatisfied, unsatisfied |
| 释义 | dissatisfied, unsatisfied Though dissatisfied and unsatisfied appear to be synonyms, there are distinctions evident in the usage examples in the Merriam-Webster files. These examples show that unsatisfied is more frequently used to modify nonhuman terms (such as ambition, debts, curiosity, demands, claims) than human ones and that in all instances the meaning is generally of something or someone being "unfulfilled" or "unappeased": • ... although every one was curious the curiosity was unsatisfied —Sherwood Anderson, Poor White, 1920 • ... the deep creative instinct within her... is teased, suppressed, tantalized, unsatisfied —John Cowper Powys, The Meaning of Culture, 1939 • ... a large unsatisfied demand for education at university level —Times Literary Supp., 5 Feb. 1970 Dissatisfied, in contrast, is used primarily with respect to persons or groups in the sense of "not pleased or gratified": • Dissatisfied landowners stopped action —American Guide Series: Minnesota, 1938 • ... the young adult is dissatisfied more often with the job than the older worker —Dale B. Harris, in Automation, Education and Human Values, ed. W. W. Brickman & S. Lehrer, 1966 While both dissatisfied and unsatisfied, when used with a preposition, are usually followed by with, both words, according to our evidence, may be followed by by: • ... became dissatisfied with most of what was then known ... as psychological research —David Loye, Psychology Today, 12 May 1971 • They were unsatisfied with the composition of the appointed embassy —William Mitford, History of Greece, 1808 (OED) • ... he was dissatisfied by the picture she represented —Eric Linklater, Private Angelo, 1946 • ... unsatisfied by what he characterized as "nothing but double talk"—Library Jour., 1 Dec. 1966 |
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