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

• This struggle is sharp and complex. We can never let down guard.
  这场斗争是尖锐复杂的，我们决不能掉以轻心。
• 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。
• He let down the tailgate so the dog could jump out.
  他放下后背门，好让狗跳出来。
• The government helped him let down the bars to success.
  政府帮助他消除了成功道路上的障碍。
• I will let down the steps, your honour.
  阁下，我帮你放踏板。
• I was already feeling a little let down.
  我已经感到有点儿失望了。
• 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。
• Don't let down! They'll surpass you soon.
  不要松劲，他们很快就赶过你了。
• 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！
• 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。