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

• It will be difficult to live down this humiliation.
  这个耻辱忘掉是难以做到的。
• John is still trying to live down the excitement he caused when he broke the window.
  约翰还在努力使人忘记他打碎了窗子时所造成的骚动。
• I can't drive you home because I only live just down the road.
  我不能开车送你回家，因为我就住在路的那头。
• 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。
• They know everything, and they let me live it down.
  他们对我一清二楚，让我改邪归正。
• All the girls in my class are going except me! I'll never live it down!
  除了我以外，我班上的其他女生全都去了！我永远也无法主从前忘掉这件事！
• 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 don't think I could live down here all the time.
  我认为我不能始终都住在这里。
• 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。
• 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。