单词 | to let the side down |
释义 | > as lemmasto let the side down 2. To lower in position, intensity, strength, or †value; to depress; to abase, humble. Also, to disappoint; to fail in supporting, aiding, or justifying (a person, etc.); frequently in to let the side down. Also (chiefly U.S.) intransitive, to diminish, deteriorate; to relax. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] littleOE setc1000 wanzec1175 lessc1225 allayc1275 wane1297 slaken1303 disincreasec1374 slakec1380 decrease1382 debatea1400 unwaxa1400 wastea1400 adminishc1400 lessenc1400 imminish14.. aslakec1405 minish?a1425 assuagec1430 shrinkc1449 to let down1486 decay1489 diminish1520 fall1523 rebate1540 batea1542 to come down1548 abate1560 stoop1572 pine1580 slack1580 scanten1585 shrivel1588 decrew1596 remit1629 contract1648 subside1680 lower1697 relax1701 drop1730 to take off1776 to run down1792 reduce1798 recede1810 to run off1816 to go down1823 attenuatea1834 ease1876 downscale1945 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] swikeOE beguile1483 deludea1513 disappointa1513 dispointa1513 forsake1526 betray1594 mock1600 frustrate1663 evade1692 elude1694 balk1735 to let down1795 slip1890 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial) to thin off, downc900 feeblea1340 allayc1450 debilite1483 mollify1496 weak1502 geld?1507 water1529 appale?1530 labefact?1539 debilitate1541 mortify1553 effeeble1571 dilutea1575 soften1576 unsinew1599 melt1600 infringe1604 weaken1609 unbenda1616 dissinew1640 slacken1663 thin1670 resolve1715 imbecilitate1809 imbecile1829 to let down1832 to water down1832 society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > diminish value of fall1564 embase1577 to pull down1607 impoverish1611 depreciate1656 to let down1870 slip1961 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > let down faila1300 lotea1325 unsecond1616 to let down1913 fizz1941 to fink out on1966 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > be ineffective > in supporting or aiding (a person) to let the side down1952 society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > relax relax1652 to take it slow and easy1819 to let down1964 1486–1504 Let. in W. Denton Eng. in 15th Cent. (1888) 318 (note D) Yff ye suld support a synglere man to dryue yowr tenants owt and lett downe yowre tenandres [i.e. tenantries] as they doo. 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar v. ii. 73 Every slackn'd fiber drops its hold, Like Nature letting down the Springs of Life. 1747 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 9 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1030 Nothing in the world lets down a character more, than that wrong turn. a1791 J. Wesley Serm. lxii. 15, in Wks. (1811) IX. 161 He lets himself down to our capacity. 1795 E. Burke Let. to W. Elliot in Wks. VII. 348 When I found that the great advocate, Mr. Erskine, condescended to resort to these bumper toasts..I was rather let down a little. 1798 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1846) VI. 62 Poor M. de Narbonne! how will he be shocked and let down! 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 149 This cold laconic note, that, at once, let down all Emma's hopes of surprising her friend agreeably. 1832 Examiner 790/1 Nothing lets down a smart hit so lamentably as a hitching verse or hobbling rhyme. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 187 He was..gently let down from his high position. 1913 E. C. Bentley Trent's Last Case xv. 307 That's good. I judged you would not let me down. 1924 G. H. L. Mallory in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest 1924 (1925) 217 The oxygen party should not this way be let down by their load failing to arrive at V. 1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xii. 110 I leave it to you, Stephen. I know you'll not let me down. 1927 Observer 4 Dec. 16/5 In Europe there is a strong feeling that when America went out of the peace she let Europe down. 1927 Daily Express 12 Dec. 2/4 A boy who lets his group down..is made to feel ashamed of himself. 1952 M. Steen Phoenix Rising i. 22 Why..should she present herself to him against this sordid background..letting down her own side? 1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death against Clock x. 137 He couldn't guess his Frau was going to let down the side like that. 1969 Guardian 8 Sept. 7/2 ‘House and Garden’ let the side down..by advancing very confident pro-reproduction arguments. 1971 J. Tyndall Death in Lebanon xii. 223 George..let the side down by his boat running out of juice. 1973 D. Robinson Rotten with Honour 20 You have a way of looking at people as if they're about to let the side down. 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 99 He's my partner... He doesn't let me down, I won't let him down. < as lemmas |
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