letting down

基本解释

He was afraid of letting down his parents, so he studied hard to get into university.
他很害怕让他的父母失望，所以努力学习考上了大学。
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I have a dread of letting down Ray's contributors, who are expecting to see their work in his magazine.
我很害怕自己会让雷的撰稿人们失望，他们都希望看到自己的作品出现在他的杂志上。
Faced with the choice between punishing their populations with austerity programmes and letting down foreign creditors, countries may find it easier to disappoint the foreigners.
面对使用紧缩政策惩罚其民众或是对不起外国债权人，政府会发现让外国人失望可能是更好的选择。正如卡门?

"It's really standing firm and not letting those kinds of questions get you down because they are going to come."

And, yes, it is a form of letting down your teammates and the fans.
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But that movie, which took so long to get made, ended up letting down legions of fans.
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For the sake of earthquake relief the authorities are letting down their guard.
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