没有做到别人期待、希望或依赖你去做的事,从而让他们失望。
"I promised I'd be there, and I don't want to let you down."
You have never let me down.
— Queen Elizabeth II, addressing the British public during a wartime anniversary broadcast, BBC, 1997
没有做到别人期待的事而让人失望,或把某物慢慢放低。
因为没有做到答应的事而让别人难过或失望,或者把某物慢慢往下放。
共 4 个含义,从最常见到最少见,按 CEFR 等级色彩标注。
没有做到别人期待、希望或依赖你去做的事,从而让他们失望。
"I promised I'd be there, and I don't want to let you down."
You have never let me down.
— Queen Elizabeth II, addressing the British public during a wartime anniversary broadcast, BBC, 1997
把某物慢慢从较高的位置放到较低的位置。
"They let down a rope ladder from the helicopter."
给轮胎放气,使它瘪掉。
"Someone had let down all four of his tyres overnight."
(缝纫)把衣服下摆放长,让它垂得更低。
"She let down the hem of her daughter's school skirt at the start of term."
把某物或某人从高处放下来。
因为没有做到答应的事而让别人难过或失望,或者把某物慢慢往下放。
表示“让人失望”的意思非常常见。常和 feel 连用作被动:I felt let down. 名词 letdown(一词)表示“令人失望的事”。缝纫义(放长下摆)则更具体。
母语者最常搭配使用的单词。
最常用的五种时态形式。
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