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

• My son has taken up with the Jones boys who live down the road.
  我儿子与住在路那一头的琼斯家的男孩子们很要好。
• It is one you are still trying to live down.
  你现在还在努力淡忘这件事。
• 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。
• Joan felt she could never live down the fact that she was an unwed mother.
  琼觉得它无法使别人忘记她是个未婚妈妈的事实。
• 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。
• As soon as I live down, I became fast asleep.
  我一躺下来就迅速睡着了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A farewell to a life out of the plan left the hospital, B to live down.
  甲列了一张告别人生的计划表离开了医院，乙住了下来。