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

• As soon as I live down, I became fast asleep.
  我一躺下来就迅速睡着了。
• It will be difficult to live down this humiliation.
  这个耻辱忘掉是难以做到的。
• John is still trying to live down the excitement he caused when he broke the window.
  约翰还在努力使人忘记他打碎了窗子时所造成的骚动。
• Be grateful that you do not have to live down the renown of a father nor the wealth of an uncle.
  你应该感谢，因为你不必靠着父亲的名望或伯叔的财产来生活。
• I suppose it is odd that we live down here like this.
  我们跑这儿来待着大概挺怪异的。
• A farewell to a life out of the plan left the hospital, B to live down.
  甲列了一张告别人生的计划表离开了医院，乙住了下来。
• 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。
• I'll never live down this fiasco!
  我永远不会原谅这次惨败！
• I can't drive you home because I only live just down the road.
  我不能开车送你回家，因为我就住在路的那头。
• 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。