live down

短语

通过行动使人们原谅

词形变化

lived down lives down 三单 lives down living down living down 现在分词 lived down 过去式 lived down 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To live so as to subdue or refute.

    非正式

    to live down slander

  2. 2.

    To cause others to forget about something embarrassing that happened to oneself.

    习语

    I'll never be able to live down that time my pants fell down at the school dance.

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