let down

英 [ˈlet daʊn]

美 [ˈlet daʊn]

使失望; 使沮丧; 辜负; 使美中不足; 使不理想; 给（轮胎等）放气

机械

柯林斯词典

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  1. The company now has a large number of workers who feel badly let down.
     公司的很多工人现在都感到非常沮丧。

英英释义

verb

• fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
  1. Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage
  Synonym:disappoint
• move something or somebody to a lower position
  1. take down the vase from the shelf
  Synonym:lowertake downget downbring down

双语例句

• I felt let down and depressed when he didn't phone me.
  他没给我打电话，我感到既失望又沮丧。
• Sadly, the film is let down by an excessively simple plot.
  遗憾的是，过于简单的情节使得这部电影差强人意。
• Some jokers have let down the back tyres of my car.
  有人开玩笑把我汽车后轮胎的气放掉了。
• She was not ready to let down her guard and confide in him.
  她还没有对他放松警惕并加以信任。
• In a voice full of reproach, she told him that he had let down the whole class.
  她用充满责备的语气对他说，他令全班失望了。
• But then to be let down like that, oh it's so unfair!
  但是接下来竟让人如此失望，唉，这真不公平！
• He failed in the exam again and his parents felt let down.
  他考试又没及格，他父母觉得很失望。
• A winding lane let down towards the river.
  一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• She felt let down because he didn't come.
  她觉得他不来是晾了她的台。
• They're less likely to feel let down if things go wrong.
  如果事情出错，那么他们感到失望的可能性就更低。