letdown
n. 鬆勁; 減低; 減退; 鬆弛
A let-down is a disappointment that you suffer, usually because something has not happened in the way in which you expected it to happen.
The flat was really very nice, but compared with what we'd been used to, it was a terrible let-down...
這套公寓真的很不錯,但比起我們以往住的地方,那就差太遠了。
The sense of let-down today is all the greater because in the past doctors have been over-confident about these treatments.
醫生們過去對這些療法過度自信,導致今天的挫敗感尤其強烈。
1. a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized;
The movie was a letdown.
那電影真令人失望.
He found himself completely unable to suppress a sense of disappointment, of letdown.
他感到自己有一種完全無法抑制的受挫和失望的感覺.
It's really a letdown to let Tom join us.
讓湯姆加入我們真是一件掃興的事情.
What a letdown! That is not as juicy as I think.
太令人失望了! 不如我想象的那麼有趣.
The News of Charlie's death was a major letdown for us all.
查利的訃報使我們大家的心情更為沉重.