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come down

/kuhm-doun/US // ˈkʌmˌdaʊn //UK // (ˈkʌmˌdaʊn) //

下来,下来了,下来吧,降临

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an unexpected or humiliating descent from dignity, importance, or wealth.

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Examples

  • One is as a big comedown from the size of the crowds that watched her on broadcast television.

  • I mean to land up in Minsk, working in a grubby little factory is quite a comedown.

  • I got the impression he was a bitter man because, I imagine when he defected to Russia, it was comedown.

  • Poor Peggy—it was rather a comedown after her fairy visions.

  • "So long as nobody in society hears of this sudden comedown, we shall pull through," he said.

  • And at Anagni he may certainly rest for the night, though his quarters may be a comedown not only from Rome but from Velletri.