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。
• Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
  遭逼迫，却不被丢弃。打倒了，却不至死亡。
• They cast down their load and began to open the grave.
  他们把车上的东西卸下来，开始挖开那座坟墓。
• 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。
• The enemy intruders cast down their weapons and surrendered.
  入侵的敌人丢掉武器投降了。
• 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。
• I must not be cast down.
  我绝对不能被压倒。
• 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。
• Moore listened at first with his eyes cast down, but soon he furtively raised them.
  穆尔起先是低挂着眼睛谛听着，可是，过了一会儿，他悄悄地抬起眼来。
• Princess Marya came closer to them, her eyes cast down and her feet tripping over her gown.
  玛丽亚公爵小姐垂下眼帘，连衣裙绊脚，走近他们。