词族 · letdown
词形变化
英语词源
- letdown (n.)
- also let-down, "disappointment," 1768, from let (v.) + down (adv.). The verbal phrase is from mid-12c. in a literal sense; figuratively by 1795.
权威例句
- 1. The movie was a letdown.
- 那电影真令人失望.
- 2. He found himself completely unable to suppress a sense of disappointment, of letdown.
- 他感到自己有一种完全无法抑制的受挫和失望的感觉.
- 3. It's really a letdown to let Tom join us.
- 让汤姆加入我们真是一件扫兴的事情.
- 4. What a letdown! That is not as juicy as I think.
- 太令人失望了! 不如我想象的那么有趣.
- 5. The News of Charlie's death was a major letdown for us all.
- 查利的讣报使我们大家的心情更为沉重.