cast down

英 [kɑːst daʊn]

美 [kæst daʊn]

抛下，丢下; 降低，使向下; 使沮丧

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-PASSIVE 使沮丧;使伤心;使忧愁
  If someoneis cast down bysomething, they are sad or worried because of it.
  1. I am not cast down by it because I believe in the fundamental strength of the business...
     这件事并没有使我灰心，因为我相信企业的深厚根基。
  2. Ever since I saw the diary excerpts I've been cast down.
     自从看到日记摘录，我就一直非常沮丧。

英英释义

verb

• lower someone's spirits
  1. These news depressed her
  2. The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
  Synonym:depressdejectget downdismaydispiritdemoralizedemoralise

双语例句

• Princess Marya came closer to them, her eyes cast down and her feet tripping over her gown.
  玛丽亚公爵小姐垂下眼帘，连衣裙绊脚，走近他们。
• The manager cast down his newspaper when he saw the quotation of his speech.
  当经理看见报上引用了他的讲话时，他把报纸扔掉了。
• I sat still upon the ground, greatly cast down and disconsolate, not knowing what to do.
  我呆呆地坐在地上垂头丧气，心乱如麻，不知如何是好。
• Edward was much cast down by the news that he couldn't obtain the graduation certificate.
  不能获得毕业证书的消息让爱德华非常沮丧。
• Because, the proletariat to cast down the bourgeoisie has not possible, why?
  因为，无产阶级要打倒资产阶级已经不可能，为什么？
• He was cast down by the sad news.
  这悲伤的消息使他情绪低落。
• The two girls cast down their eyes. ( 2) Dneproges Dam on the Dnepr River in UKraine;
  两位倩女渐渐低下眼睛。（2）乌克兰第聂伯河上的第聂伯罗水坝；
• True believers must cast down the temples of the false gods.
  真正的信神者必须摧毁伪神庙宇。
• The enemy cast down their weapons.
  敌人扔掉武器。
• Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
  遭逼迫，却不被丢弃。打倒了，却不至死亡。