英语口语练习小对话 第699期:让......失望

Subject：Don’t let your boss down.

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A: I will go on business next month on behalf of our boss.

我下个月代表老板出差。

B: Sounds good. Don’t let your boss down.

听起来不错哦！不要我们老板失望了。

地道表达

let sb down

1. 解释

Down在英文的口语中表示“心情不好，心情低落”或者是“觉得失望”，它也有“沮丧”的意思，跟blue（忧郁）意思差不多。例如：Why are you feeling down?（你为何感觉心情不好？）或者是Why are you feeling blue.

2. 例句

e.g. I' ve trusted you all along the line and now you' ve let me down.

我一直信任你, 可是现在你却让我失望。

e.g. He let me down at the last minute and turned out to be a broken reed.

他在紧急关头拆了我的台，成了背信弃义的人。

e.g. He's in an agony of worry over the baby, and he feels she let him down.

他为了孩子而忧心如焚，而且他认为她误了他的大事。

e.g. He's laying his reputation on the line to help you.Don't let him down.

他冒著名誉受损害的风险助你一臂之力。不要辜负他的一片好心。