let down

短语
大学

放下, 使失望, 使屈辱, 松劲, 减速下降 [机] 放下, 排出

发音

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词形变化

lets down 三单 lets down letting down letting down 现在分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To allow to descend.

    放下

    低下

    降低

    及物

    They let down the rope and I fastened it to the basket.

  2. 2.

    To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.

    辜负

    对不起

    习语 及物

    I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down.

  3. 3.

    To lengthen by undoing and resewing a hem.

    及物 商务 工程
  4. 4.

    To reduce one's level of effort.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To soften in tempering.

    to let down tools or cutlery

  6. 6.

    To thin; to reduce the thickness or viscosity of.

    烹饪

    let the sauce down with a little pasta water if it starts to become too thick; if the soup is too thick, you can let it down with a little milk; let the sauce down with a dash of the pickling liquor; use some of the stock to let down the onion sauce

  7. 7.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, down.

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