let down 详细解释

let down

['letdaun]

v.放下, 使…失望, 松懈, 把(衣服)放长, 披散, 放气

使失望

Don't worry. I'll never let you down.

别担心。我决不会让你失望的。

词义辨析

同义参见:

deflate  disappoint  lower  disappointed  

英英释义

名词 let down:

a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

同义词：disappointment, letdown

动词 let down:

move something or somebody to a lower position

同义词：lower, take down, get down, bring down

fail to meet the hopes or expectations of

同义词：disappoint

补充

let downlet down1.放低, 放下They let him down on a rope.他们帮助他顺绳子滑下来。Please let down the blinds.请把百叶窗放下来。He let himself down slowly by means of a rope.他用一条绳子滑下来。2.使失望, 失信You can trust Brooks.He'll never let you down.你可以相信布鲁克斯, 他决不会使你失望。He is a bit let down by the low grade he got.这次成绩不好, 他有点气馁。

例句

1. The company now has a large number of workers who feel badly let down.现在公司里有很多工人感到很失望。 2. I won't let you down.我不会让你失望的。 3. Sadly, the film is let down by an overly simple plot.遗憾的是, 过于简单的情节使得这部电影美中不足。 4. It was his shyness which let him down.正是他的腼腆拖了他的后腿。 5. I let the tyres down on his car.我把他的汽车轮胎的气放掉了。 6. A ladder was let down from the window above.从上面的窗户放下一张梯子来。 7. The hem needs to be let down an inch.褶边需要放出1英寸。 8. He let down a bucket into the well to draw water.他把吊桶放进井里打水。 9. Don't let down even if you're nearing the destination.即使快到目的地也不要松劲。 10. She wanted to have her skirt let down several centimetres.她想把裙子放长几厘米。 11. He let his wife down when he failed to obtain promotion.他没有得到提升，令他妻子失望。 12. The manager thought they had let down the firm.经理认为他们给公司丢了脸。 13. He let me down when I was in deep trouble.当我深陷困境时，他背叛了我。 14. The plane let down gently before landing at the airport.飞机在机场着陆以前徐徐下降。 15. They played a joke on him by letting down the tyres of his bike.他们捉弄他，把他的自行车的轮胎放了气。 16. "I promised Mary that I'd help her, and I can't let her down."我答应过要帮助玛丽，我不能让她失望。 17. It's my fault we lost the game. I let the team down.我们输掉了比赛，都是我的错。我辜负了全队。 18. He never lets down a friend in need.他从来不背弃危难中的朋友。 19. His judgment let him down. [=his judgment was poor; he made a bad decision]他的判断有误。 20. The end of the story really let me down. = I felt let down by the end of the story. [=the end of the story was disappointing]故事的结尾真令我失望。 21. She tried to let him down gently when she told him he didn't get the job.她尽量委婉地告诉他，他没有得到那份工作。 22. "I knew I had to fire her, but I was trying to think of a way to let her down easy."我知道我不得不解雇她，但是我当时尽量想了一种委婉的方式来告诉她。 23. let a bucket down into a well = let down a bucket into a well把桶慢慢放到井里 24. The pants were a little too short and needed to be let down a little.这条裤子有点太短了，需要加长一点。

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