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

• Club Valet said you live down the street.
  酒吧的人说你就住在街角。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Have you heard of Little Rock, Arkansas? My parents live down there.
  你知道阿肯色州的小石城吗？我的父母就住在那边。
• Beaten by the worst team in the league? They'll never live it down!
  让联赛中最差劲的队打败了？这是永远也忘不了的事！
• She'll never let us live it down.
  她不会让我们好过的。
• No way! I'd never live it down if my friends saw me working there.
  我才不愿呢！要是被朋友看到我在加油站打工，我就没脸活下去了。
• After his release from prison, he vowed to live down his crimes.
  他从狱中被释放以后，便发誓要改过自新。