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

• I thought the movie would be very interesting, but it turned out to be a letdown.
  我本以为那部电影会很好看，结果是部令人失望的电影。
• The concert was a real letdown.
  这场音乐会实在让人失望。
• Similarly, the higher the expectations, the bigger the letdown when they are not met.
  同样的，期望越高，震撼也就越强烈。
• 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。
• It's kind of a letdown when a movie begins by redefining the nature of reality, and ends with a shoot-out.
  电影一开始，现实被重新定义了，然后结尾用一场扫射解决了战斗。
• He found himself completely unable to suppress a sense of disappointment, of letdown.
  他感到自己有一种完全无法抑制的受挫和失望的感觉。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Afterwards, going back to my old racquet was a bit of a letdown.
  但是用回我的旧球拍之后，我又有点松劲了。