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 city was cast down during the siege.
  在围城过程中，这城市被摧毁了。
• 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。
• Anyone would be cast down by such news as that.
  像那样的消息会使任何人感到沮丧。
• He was cast down by the sad news.
  这悲伤的消息使他情绪低落。
• 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。
• He was very cast down by setbacks in his work.
  他工作不顺利，心里愁闷得很。
• Men of high status were cast down.
  身居高位的要人遭到了贬黜。
• And he called for all his friends, and said to them: Sleep is gone from my eyes, and I am fallen away, and my heart is cast down for anxiety.
  便将他的诸位朋友叫来，对他们说：「睡眠离开了我眼睛，愁思齐集在我的心头。
• I must not be cast down.
  我绝对不能被压倒。
• The enemy intruders cast down their weapons and surrendered.
  入侵的敌人丢掉武器投降了。