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

• They know everything, and they let me live it down.
  他们对我一清二楚，让我改邪归正。
• 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。
• Throughout the book, the author maintains a down to earth tone, re-minding us that this football star is re-ally just an ordinary bloke who loves his family and could live down the street from you.
  在这本书里，作者以一种亲和的笔调向我们讲述了足球明星其实也只是一个热爱家庭的普通人，也许他家和你就隔着一条街而已。
• 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。
• I'll never live down this fiasco!
  我永远不会原谅这次惨败！
• But above all be grateful that no one will have to live down either your renown or your wealth.
  但是最应感谢的是，没有人必须靠着你的名誉或财产来生活。
• She'll never let us live it down.
  她不会让我们好过的。
• 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 "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。
• 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。