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单词 let someone down
释义

let someone down

1Fail to support or help someone as they had hoped: if I let him down now, I knew he’d never trust me again...
  • Is someone letting you down or failing to get a job done on time?
  • Ken had been her best friend and she'd let him down.
  • Girlfriends support you when the man in your life lets you down.

Synonyms

fail, fail to support, fall short of expectation;
disappoint, disillusion, disenchant;
abandon, desert, leave stranded, leave in the lurch, leave high and dry, betray, neglect, jilt;
stab in the back
North American informal bail on
archaic forsake
1.1 (let someone/thing down) Have a detrimental effect on the overall quality or success of someone or something: the whole machine is let down by the tacky keyboard...
  • The north west has a wonderful range of historic buildings, but so often they are let down by the poor quality of the public spaces around them.
  • However, smaller airports were let down by the quality of their facilities, such as shops and food outlets.
  • The sound quality let them down massively, but they still managed to do well at warming up the audience.
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