letdown

英 [ˈlɛtˈdaʊn]

美 [ˈlɛtˌdaʊn]

n.  令人失望的事; 失望; 沮丧

化学

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
  1. his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment
  Synonym:disappointment

双语例句

• Star Wars was such a letdown.
  《星际大战》真是令人失望。
• The concert was a real letdown.
  这场音乐会实在让人失望。
• Everybody told us we were in for a letdown when we came here.
  我们来这儿时大家都说我们一定会失望的。
• You are likely to realize that someone you thought you wanted to be with is a bit of a letdown.
  你可能开始觉得你以为想和他一起的那个人有点让你失望。
• Well, that film was a bit of a letdown.
  唉，那部电影真有点让人失望。
• 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。
• It was a big letdown that I didn't know him.
  不认识他真是一件让人失望的事。
• 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。
• A letdown is worth a few songs.
  一次失望的经历能让我写很多歌。
• Several of the women I interviewed said themselves that this contributed to the huge feeling of letdown when things did not turn out as they had planned.
  我采访的几个女性称，当事情的结果不像她们计划的那样时，她们会感到极其失望。