略遜一籌,美中不足;不能幫助,不能支援(某人);使失望
let sb / sth down
(使)略遜一籌,美中不足
to make sb / sth less successful than they / it should be
She speaks French very fluently, but her pronunciation lets her down.她法語講得很流利,但美中不足的是發音不大好。
let sb down
不能幫助,不能支援(某人);使失望
to fail to help or support sb as they had hoped or expected
I'm afraid she let us down badly.很遺憾,她讓我們大失所望。
let sth down
放下;降低;降下
to let or make sth go down
We let the bucket down by a rope.我們用繩子把吊桶放下去。
let sth down
(把連衣裙、裙子、外套等)放長;放出(褶邊)
to make a dress, skirt, coat, etc. longer, by reducing the amount of material that is folded over at the bottom
let sth down英式
(故意地)放氣
to allow the air to escape from sth deliberately
Some kids had let my tyres down.幾個小孩子故意把我的輪胎放了氣。
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版