cast down

英 [kɑːst daʊn]

美 [kæst daʊn]

抛下，丢下; 降低，使向下; 使沮丧

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-PASSIVE 使沮丧;使伤心;使忧愁
  If someoneis cast down bysomething, they are sad or worried because of it.
  1. I am not cast down by it because I believe in the fundamental strength of the business...
     这件事并没有使我灰心，因为我相信企业的深厚根基。
  2. Ever since I saw the diary excerpts I've been cast down.
     自从看到日记摘录，我就一直非常沮丧。

英英释义

verb

• lower someone's spirits
  1. These news depressed her
  2. The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
  Synonym:depressdejectget downdismaydispiritdemoralizedemoralise

双语例句

• The city was cast down during the siege.
  在围城过程中，这城市被摧毁了。
• When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence, And the humble person He will save.
  人使你降卑，你仍可说，必得高升。谦卑的人神必拯救。
• Because, the proletariat to cast down the bourgeoisie has not possible, why?
  因为，无产阶级要打倒资产阶级已经不可能，为什么？
• In this process of dissolution, the monadically closed-off subjectivity of self-assertive and mutually objectifying individuals is dispossessed and cast down into the abyss.
  在这个溶解的过程中，主观自负的封闭主体性和相互客体化的个体被剥夺和并塑像下来进入深渊。
• The enemy cast down their weapons.
  敌人扔掉武器。
• The two girls cast down their eyes. ( 2) Dneproges Dam on the Dnepr River in UKraine;
  两位倩女渐渐低下眼睛。（2）乌克兰第聂伯河上的第聂伯罗水坝；
• I sat still upon the ground, greatly cast down and disconsolate, not knowing what to do.
  我呆呆地坐在地上垂头丧气，心乱如麻，不知如何是好。
• The manager cast down his newspaper when he saw the quotation of his speech.
  当经理看见报上引用了他的讲话时，他把报纸扔掉了。
• He has been very much cast down by his failure in the examination.
  他因考试不及格，情绪一直很低落。
• I am not cast down by it because I believe in the fundamental strength of the business
  这件事并没有使我灰心，因为我相信企业的深厚根基。