let down

英 [let daʊn] 美 [let daʊn]

• v. 放下；使…失望；松懈；把(衣服)放长；披散；放气

英英释义

Verb:

1. move something or somebody to a lower position;

   "take down the vase from the shelf"
   

2. fail to meet the hopes or expectations of;

   "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. She let down the blind.
   她把百叶窗放下了。
2. Let down a rope so that I can climb up.
   放下绳子，让我爬上去。
3. He won't let you down; he's reliable.
   他值得信赖，不会让你失望。
4. I feel let down by his indifference.
   他的漠不关心使我感到失望。
5. Don't let down even if the going is good.
   即使在顺利的情况下也不要松劲。
6. The horse let down near the end of the race and lost.
   那匹马在比赛接近终点时松了劲，结果输了。
7. She had to let down the child's skirt.
   她只得把孩子的裙子放长。
8. The girl let down her hair.
   女孩让头发披了下来。
9. A naughty boy has let down the back tyre of my bike.
   一个顽皮的男孩把我自行车后胎的气给放了。

词汇搭配

• Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. 勿留宿怒
• let someone down easy 婉言拒绝某人...
• let down buckets into empty wells 空井打水
• let down 放下
• let one's hair down 使头发下垂散开...
• let the slide down 使朋友失望
• let down the bars 消除障碍,取消限制...
• let the side down 使朋友失望(以家庭不...
• let the whole show down 搞垮整个事情...

近反义词

【近义词】

• disappoint 使失望
• lower 低的
• disappointed 失望的
• deflate 放气
• get down 下来
• take down 记下，写下
• bring down 使倒下