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

• They arrived, the carriage turned, the step was let down.
  他们到达目的地，马车转过头，踏脚板放了下来。
• 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！
• A winding lane let down towards the river.
  一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The boy let down his fist.
  男孩放下了拳头。
• He let down the tailgate so the dog could jump out.
  他放下后背门，好让狗跳出来。
• The Chinese people have been let down by their rulers and wildly misled about what is important in life.
  中国人被他们的统治者弄差了，并且被广泛的误导了什么是生命中重要的东西。
• Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, andescaped his hands.
  我就从窗户中，在筐子里从城墙上被人缒下去，脱离了他的手。
• It can be hard for you to let down your guard, Capricorn.
  摩羯：你很难放下戒心认真去谈一场恋爱。
• Those pesky kids from next door have let down my car tyres again.
  隔壁那些讨厌的孩子又把我汽车的轮胎的气放了。
• 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。