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 enemy cast down their weapons.
  敌人扔掉武器。
• I must not be cast down.
  我绝对不能被压倒。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The circumstances were all against Joe, but he was not cast down.
  所有的情况都不利于乔，但他并不沮丧。
• 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。
• He was very cast down by setbacks in his work.
  他工作不顺利，心里愁闷得很。
• Edward was much cast down by the news that he couldn't obtain the graduation certificate.
  不能获得毕业证书的消息让爱德华非常沮丧。