【问】 dissatisfied与unsatisfied的词典译法大都是“不满的”、“不满意的”，不知它们的语义有无区别?

【答】 dissatisfied和unsatisfied都可用来表示“对某人或某事不满(意)”，但前者语气要重一些：

1. Don't be dissatisfied with your salary. (ALD)

不要对工资不满。

2. She was dissatisfied with the results. (FWF)

她对于结果很不满意。

3. He was dissatisfied with himself and with all his circumstances. (Maugham)

他对自己以及对他周围的环境都不满意。

4. She asked a lot of questions and was unsatisfied with the answers. (EED)

她问了许多问题，但是她对于回答是不满意的。

5. Only Soames remained unsatisfied. (Galsworthy)

只有索姆斯仍不满意。

此外，unsatisfied可以表达“得不到满足”的意思(例如食欲等得不到满足)：

I ate only one hour ago but my hunger is still unsatisfied.

一小时之前我刚吃过饭，但是我现在仍感到饥饿。