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live down

英 [lɪv daʊn]

美 [lɪv daʊn]

使人们忘记(错误、失败、恶名等)

柯林斯词典

  • PHRASAL VERB 使人们忘记(错误、失败、恶名等)
    If you are unable tolive downa mistake, failure, or bad reputation, you are unable to make people forget about it.
    1. Labour was also unable to live down its reputation as the party of high taxes...
      工党也无法让人忘记其高税党的名声。
    2. I thought I'd never live it down.
      我原以为大家永远都不会忘记这件事了。

英英释义

verb

  • live so as to annul some previous behavior
    1. You can never live this down!
    Synonym:unlive

双语例句

  • But above all be grateful that no one will have to live down either your renown or your wealth.
    但是最应感谢的是,没有人必须靠着你的名誉或财产来生活。
  • After making such a big mistake, Melanie wondered how she would ever live it down.
    犯了这么大的错误之后,梅拉尼不知如何补救才好。
  • He hopes to live down the scandal caused by the divorce proceedings.
    他希望借新的生活忘却那因离婚而引起的丑闻。
  • Throughout the book, the author maintains a down to earth tone, re-minding us that this football star is re-ally just an ordinary bloke who loves his family and could live down the street from you.
    在这本书里,作者以一种亲和的笔调向我们讲述了足球明星其实也只是一个热爱家庭的普通人,也许他家和你就隔着一条街而已。
  • Born in 1944 and raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California, the young Mr Lucas had no evident qualification to live down or move beyond that humbly named home town.
    他出生于1944年,在加利福尼亚州莫德斯托(Modesto)的一处核桃园农场上长大,年轻时的卢卡斯并未明显展现出能使他定居在或者走出籍籍无名的家乡小镇的特质。
  • They know everything, and they let me live it down.
    他们对我一清二楚,让我改邪归正。
  • Labour was also unable to live down its reputation as the party of high taxes
    工党也无法让人忘记其高税党的名声。
  • Joan felt she could never live down the fact that she was an unwed mother.
    琼觉得它无法使别人忘记她是个未婚妈妈的事实。
  • I "m afraid I" ll never live down that tactless remark I made.
    恐怕我永远也没办法改正我那不谨慎的评价了。
  • Club Valet said you live down the street.
    酒吧的人说你就住在街角。