Phrase
let down
verb
使失望；辜负
to disappoint someone by failing to do what they expected
- 1.
To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
使失望；背叛或辜负某人。
- 2.
To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.
拆开并重新缝制下摆以加长。
- 3.
To reduce one's level of effort.
降低努力程度。
- 4.
To soften in tempering.
在回火中软化。
- 5.
To thin; to reduce the thickness or viscosity of.
稀释；降低厚度或黏度。
- 6.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, down: especially, to allow to descend.
非比喻或非习语用法,参见 let, down；尤指允许下降。
放下；降下；松劲；松懈；使屈辱；羞辱；减速下降；排出；泄放
In use
Please don't let me down tomorrow; I am counting on you.
He never lets down his classmates when they have a group project.
You are letting down your whole family by giving up school.
let [sb] down
指辜负期望，使失望。
I promised to help, but I let him down.
我答应帮忙，但让他失望了。
let [sth] down
指将某物放低，通常用绳索。
She let down the rope ladder.
她放下了绳梯。
Common mistakes
He let down it.He let it down.
当"let down"意为"放下"且宾语是代词时，代词必须放在动词和介词之间，不能说"let down it"，而要说"let it down"。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- lets down
- third person singular
- letting down
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.