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

• He let down the tailgate so the dog could jump out.
  他放下后背门，好让狗跳出来。
• I hope you won't either let down my yearn.
  你也不要辜负了我的思量。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When he sees me, he has just let down the receiver.
  当他看见我的时候，他就放下了听筒。
• Remove wheelnuts, let down tyre, put on spare.
  拧下车轮螺母，放掉车胎的气，换上备用胎。
• But he was let down by lecturers who pieced together information available online and gave a shallow introduction.
  但是他对那些拼凑网络信息和给予肤浅介绍的主讲人很失望。
• 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。