英语词汇“let down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	let down
释义	Trends of let down View usage for: All related terms of 'let down' let the side down to disappoint people by doing something badly or by doing something which people do not approve of let your hair down to relax and enjoy yourself, without worrying about behaving politely let one's hair down to behave without reserve to let the side down If you say that someone has let the side down , you mean that they have embarrassed their family or friends by behaving badly or not doing well at something. to let your hair down If you let your hair down , you relax completely and enjoy yourself. lower/drop your guard, let your guard down If you lower your guard , let your guard down or drop your guard , you relax when you should be careful and alert , often with unpleasant consequences . All related terms of 'let down' to let one's hair down ( fig ) 放松(鬆)一点(點) fàngsōng yīdiǎn let up ( cease ) 停止 tíngzhǐ ⇒ We thought the rain would let up soon. → 我们觉得雨不久会停。 Wǒmen juéde yǔ bùjiǔ huì tíng. let out ( water, air, breath ) 放掉 fàngdiào let on ▶ not to let on that ... 不泄(洩)露出去 ... bù xièlòu chūqù ... let off ( culprit ) 放过(過) fàngguò ⇒ He let me off with a warning. → 他给我一个警告就放过我了。 Tā gěi wǒ yī gè jǐnggào jiù fàngguò wǒ le. let in ( water, air ) 允许(許)进(進)来(來) yǔnxǔ jìnlái let down 1. phrasal verb 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] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb 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] See full dictionary entry for let let-down also letdown Word forms: plural 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. let down in British English verb (tr, mainly adverb) 1. (also preposition) to lower 2. to fail to fulfil the expectations of (a person); disappoint 3. to undo, shorten, and resew (the hem) so as to lengthen (a dress, skirt, etc) 4. to untie (long hair that is bound up) and allow to fall loose 5. to deflate to let down a tyre noun letdown 6. a disappointment 7. the gliding descent of an aircraft in preparation for landing 8. the release of milk from the mammary glands following stimulation by the hormone oxytocin let down in American English 1. to lower 2. to slow up; relax; slacken 3. to disappoint or fail See full dictionary entry for let Examples of 'let down' in a sentence let down Lying with his head in her lap, Will was relaxed enough to let down some of his defences, to trust her with an occasional truth. Penman, Sharon HERE BE DRAGONS Got let down by a colleague of mine, who turns out to have too many fish to fry. Richard Francis PROSPECT HILL (2003) And they'll stand anything, even murder, from the person who props them up, except being let down themselves. Ferrars, Elizabeth MURDER MOVES IN I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd somehow let down Will by telling everything I knew about that night. Jefferson Parker SILENT JOE (2002) In other languages let down British English: let down /lɛt daʊn/ VERB If you let someone down, you disappoint them, usually by not doing something that you said you would do. Don't worry, I won't let you down. American English: let down Arabic: يَتخَلَّى عَنْ Brazilian Portuguese: decepcionar Chinese: 辜负 Croatian: iznevjeriti Czech: zklamat Danish: svigte Dutch: teleurstellen European Spanish: defraudar Finnish: tuottaa pettymys French: laisser tomber personne German: enttäuschen Greek: απογοητεύω Italian: deludere Japanese: がっかりさせる Korean: 실망시키다 Norwegian: svikte Polish: spuścić European Portuguese: dececionar Romanian: a dezamăgi Russian: подвести Latin American Spanish: defraudar Swedish: göra besviken Thai: ทำให้ผิดหวัง Turkish: hayal kırıklığına uğratmak Ukrainian: розчаровувати Vietnamese: làm thất vọng Chinese translation of 'let down' let down vt (= fail) [person] 令 ... 失望 (lìng ... shīwàng) ⇒ Charlie's never let me down yet. 查理从来没有令我失望过。 (Chálǐ cónglái méiyǒu lìng wǒ shīwàng guo.) (esp Brit) [tyre etc] 给(給) ... 放气(氣) (gěi ... fàngqì) [dress, hem etc] 放长(長) (fàngcháng) See let
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