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be + down in the mouth
He is down in the mouth after losing the game.
他输掉比赛后垂头丧气。
垂头丧气；沮丧
most down in the mouth — superlative of down in the mouth
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垂头丧气；沮丧
sad or discouraged, especially as shown by one's facial expression
He is down in the mouth after losing the game.
他输掉比赛后垂头丧气。
悲伤或沮丧,尤其是通过面部表情表现出来
Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.
After losing the game, he looked down in the mouth for the rest of the day.
比赛输了之后，他整天都垂头丧气。
She's been down in the mouth ever since she got the rejection letter.
自从收到拒绝信后，她一直垂头丧气。
Why are you so down in the mouth? Did something bad happen?
你为什么这么垂头丧气？发生了什么不好的事吗？
He is down in the mouth after losing the game.
他输掉比赛后垂头丧气。
She looks down in the mouth about the news.
她听到消息后看上去垂头丧气。
I feel down in the mouth whenever it rains.
每当下雨我就感到垂头丧气。
Not this
He is down in his mouth.
Use this
He is down in the mouth.
中文学习者常受母语影响，给"mouth"加上所有格"his"，但英语习语"down in the mouth"中"mouth"前固定用定冠词"the"，不加所有格。改正后去掉"his"即可。
Not this
She looks down in mouth.
Use this
She looks down in the mouth.
遗漏了定冠词"the"，因为"down in the mouth"是固定短语，"mouth"前必须加"the"，不能省略。改正后加上"the"。
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