| 单词 | let down |
| 释义 | let down 1. phrasal verb B2 If you let someone down, you disappoint them, by not doing something that you have said you will do or that they expected you to do. Don't worry, Xiao, I won't let you down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] When such advisers fail in their duty, they let down the whole system. [VERB PARTICLE noun] let down adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] The company now has a large number of workers who feel badly let down. 2. phrasal verb If something lets you down, it is the reason you are not as successful as you could have been. Many believe it was his shyness and insecurity which let him down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Sadly, the film is let down by an excessively simple plot. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for let If you let down something such as a tyre, you allow air to escape from it. [mainly British] I let the tyres down on his car. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Remove wheelnuts, let down tyre, put on spare. [VERB PARTICLE noun] let-down also letdown Word forms: let-downs variable noun A let-down is a disappointment that you suffer, usually because something has not happened in the way in which you expected it to happen. The flat was nice, but compared with what we'd been used to, it was a terrible let-down. At the end of the book, there's a sense of let-down for the reader. Translations: Chinese: 辜负 Japanese: がっかりさせる |
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