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

• After his release from prison, he vowed to live down his crimes.
  他从狱中被释放以后，便发誓要改过自新。
• 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。
• As soon as I live down, I became fast asleep.
  我一躺下来就迅速睡着了。
• 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。
• I'll never live down this fiasco!
  我永远不会原谅这次惨败！
• 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。
• 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。
• Throughout the book, the author maintains a down to earth tone, re-minding us that this football star is re-ally just an ordinary bloke who loves his family and could live down the street from you.
  在这本书里，作者以一种亲和的笔调向我们讲述了足球明星其实也只是一个热爱家庭的普通人，也许他家和你就隔着一条街而已。
• I feel like I'll never live down being the partner of a dirty cop.
  我觉得我永远摆脱不了一个坏警察的搭档的身份。