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

• 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。
• 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。
• She'll never let us live it down.
  她不会让我们好过的。
• 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 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。
• They know everything, and they let me live it down.
  他们对我一清二楚，让我改邪归正。
• Club Valet said you live down the street.
  酒吧的人说你就住在街角。
• 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。
• It is one you are still trying to live down.
  你现在还在努力淡忘这件事。