letdown
英 [ˈlɛtˈdaʊn]
美 [ˈlɛtˌdaʊn]
n. 令人失望的事; 失望; 沮丧
COCA.19868
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 令人失望的事；失望；沮丧
Alet-downis a disappointment that you suffer, usually because something has not happened in the way in which you expected it to happen.- The flat was really very nice, but compared with what we'd been used to, it was a terrible let-down...
这套公寓真的很不错，但比起我们以往住的地方，那就差太远了。 - The sense of let-down today is all the greater because in the past doctors have been over-confident about these treatments.
医生们过去对这些疗法过度自信，导致今天的挫败感尤其强烈。
- The flat was really very nice, but compared with what we'd been used to, it was a terrible let-down...
英英释义
noun
- a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
- his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment
双语例句
- That's a bit of a letdown after three articles on using the Document Object Model, isn't it?
阅读了三篇关于使用文档对象类型的文章之后，再来讨论它是不是很简单了？ - By losing and feeling a letdown, you should become thirsty to try again or at least feel the glory of winning and success.
通过失败，感受到失望，你应该会更加想再次尝试，至少能感受到赢取成功后的荣誉感。 - I was told my friend Joe was speaking ill of me. That's a real letdown.
有人告诉我说我的朋友乔说我的坏话，这可真令我失望。 - What a letdown! That is not as juicy as I thought. Your decision comes as a great disappointment.
太令人失望了！不如我想像的那么有趣。您的决定真是很令人失望。 - It's just like being unable to conceal your letdown expression when unwrapping that pair of socks at Secret Santa parties.
这就像是当你打开一双秘密圣诞老人的袜子时，你表露出的那种无法掩饰的失望表情。 - There was so much hype before the picture was released and the picture itself was a letdown.
这部影片发行前被吹得天花乱坠，等影片上演时却相形见绌。 - Letdown the level of inflation is the main task for the new government.
新政府的主要任务是减低通货膨胀的水平。 - I awoke vastly invigorated and rather irritable. A letdown, as after a period of excitement.
我醒来的时候极度兴奋，而且有点暴燥。 - A letdown is worth a few songs.
一次失望的经历能让我写很多歌。 - Star Wars was such a letdown.
《星际大战》真是令人失望。