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comedown

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

下来,下来了,回归,崩溃

Related Words

undoing撤消,撤销,解除,撤销权humiliation羞辱,耻辱,侮辱,屈辱downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移down下来,下,下来的,下降blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降comeuppance报应,报复,报酬,复仇descent血统,后裔,下降,裔wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了anticlimax反高潮,反高潮期,反高潮部分,反高潮期的demotion降职,降级,削职,贬职crash崩溃,碰撞,撞车,崩盘collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷dive潜水,跳水,俯冲,潜入failure失败,故障,失败者,失效discomfiture窘迫感,窘迫,弊端,弊病fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒

Definitions

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounletdown, blow
Synonyms
anticlimax反高潮,反高潮期,反高潮部分,反高潮期的blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷comeuppance报应,报复,报酬,复仇crash崩溃,碰撞,撞车,崩盘cropper庄稼人,农夫,裁员,庄稼汉decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降defeat挫败,打败,失败,挫折deflation通货紧缩,通缩,通货收缩,通货缩减demotion降职,降级,削职,贬职descent血统,后裔,下降,裔disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意discomfiture窘迫感,窘迫,弊端,弊病dive潜水,跳水,俯冲,潜入down下来,下,下来的,下降downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落failure失败,故障,失败者,失效fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒flop扑倒,扑向humiliation羞辱,耻辱,侮辱,屈辱pratfall跌倒,瀑布,跌打损伤,坠落reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移undoing撤消,撤销,解除,撤销权wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船

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.

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