Word · Frequency #19868
letdown
/ˈletdaun/
noun
失望；沮丧
核心释义
letdown
- 1.
减低；减退
n a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
减低；减退；松弛；失望；[化] 调漆
用法In use
After all the hype, the movie was a real letdown.
用法提示：letdown 在此为名词，意为“令人失望的事”。
The team's loss in the final game was a huge letdown for their fans.
用法提示：letdown 是名词，指“使人失望的结果”。
Getting a plain envelope instead of a package was a letdown.
用法提示：letdown 作为名词，表示“一件令人失望的事”。
be a letdown
letdown 是可数名词，常用单数，前面常加 a/an。
The sequel was a letdown after the first film.
继第一部之后，续集令人失望。
a letdown for [someone]
用 for 引出感到失望的对象。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a big letdown
- 很大的失望
- The ending of the movie was a big letdown.这部电影的结局让人大失所望。
- a real letdown
- 真让人失望
- After all that hype, the concert was a real letdown.在那么多宣传之后，这场音乐会真让人失望。
- a bit of a letdown
- 有点让人失望
- The food was good, but the service was a bit of a letdown.食物不错，但服务有点让人失望。
- such a letdown
- 太让人失望了
- It was such a letdown that the match was cancelled.比赛取消真是太让人失望了。
- come as a letdown
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
let + down：期望被“放下来”落空，就是失望。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、非正式写作 作“失望”讲时通常用于口语或非正式场合，比较口语化，正式书面语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end in the same /daʊn/ sound as letdown and share the spelling chunk “down.” Beware of the lookalike “laden” (/ˈleɪdən/), which visually resembles “letdown” but has a different vowel and final consonant.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.