let down

释义

1. 1

   let sb / sth down

   （使）略逊一筹，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.她法语讲得很流利，但美中不足的是发音不大好。

2. 2

   let sb down

   不能帮助，不能支持（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.很遗憾，她让我们大失所望。

3. 3

   let sth down

   放下；降低；降下

   to let or make sth go down

   We let the bucket down by a rope.我们用绳子把吊桶放下去。

4. 4

   let sth down

   （把连衣裙、裙子、外套等）放长；放出（褶边）

   to make a dress, skirt, coat, etc. longer, by reducing the amount of material that is folded over at the bottom

5. 5

   let sth down英式

   （故意地）放气

   to allow the air to escape from sth deliberately

   Some kids had let my tyres down.几个小孩子故意把我的轮胎放了气。

电影里这样说 · 285 部

• Let down your hair!Tangled2010
• Rapunzel, let down your hair!Tangled2010
• I let down the team, Nick.The Internship2013
• We let down our guard.Frozen II2019
• Let me down!Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical2022
• Let her down.Nightmare Alley2021
• I let you down, man. I let you down.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
• - Can't let down the old man.Interstate 602002

在完整场景里学

• 神采公路2002
  • 酒吧里讲许愿人传说：take a shine to someone（看上某人）
  • 生日午餐被安排前途：take that to the bank（板上钉钉）
  • 病房里的举牌测知觉：be wired（天生就这样）

同一词条的短语

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