letting down

基本解釋

He was afraid of letting down his parents, so he studied hard to get into university.
他很害怕讓他的父母失望，所以努力學(xué)習(xí)考上了大學(xué)。
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I have a dread of letting down Ray's contributors, who are expecting to see their work in his magazine.
我很害怕自己會(huì)讓雷的撰稿人們失望，他們都希望看到自己的作品出現(xiàn)在他的雜志上。
Faced with the choice between punishing their populations with austerity programmes and letting down foreign creditors, countries may find it easier to disappoint the foreigners.
面對(duì)使用緊縮政策懲罰其民眾或是對(duì)不起外國(guó)債權(quán)人，政府會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)讓外國(guó)人失望可能是更好的選擇。正如卡門(mén)?

"It's really standing firm and not letting those kinds of questions get you down because they are going to come."

And, yes, it is a form of letting down your teammates and the fans.
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But that movie, which took so long to get made, ended up letting down legions of fans.
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For the sake of earthquake relief the authorities are letting down their guard.
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