| 词汇 | letdown |
| 释义 | letdownlet·down /ˈletdaʊn/ ●○○ noun [singular] informalDISAPPOINTED an event, performance etc that is not as good as you expected it to be 令人失望的事 SYN disappointment → let down at let1 The end of the book was a real letdown. 这本书的结尾实在是个败笔。 Examples from the Corpus letdown• Waldon has vowed not to let a letdown happen.• The general consensus is the show was a complete snooze, a letdown that garnered huge ratings and little else.• For the political right, Bolick said, the term just ended was a letdown when compared with last year.• The absence of it was a letdown.• The regents were a big letdown.• It will be a major letdown if we lose the game to Kansas.• Adding to a potential letdown, the triple was first waved off and then restored after the referees convened at midcourt.• The nation is mired in the muck of post-Superbowl letdown. |
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