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.- 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。 - 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。
- Labour was also unable to live down its reputation as the party of high taxes...
英英释义
verb
- live so as to annul some previous behavior
- You can never live this down!
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。