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

• 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。
• My parents live down in worcestershire, but they come uptolondonoccasionally.
  我的父母住在伍斯特郡，但他们有时来伦敦。
• It is one you are still trying to live down.
  你现在还在努力淡忘这件事。
• 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！
• I'll never live down this fiasco!
  我永远不会原谅这次惨败！
• 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。
• 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。
• I don't think I could live down here all the time.
  我认为我不能始终都住在这里。
• 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。