comedown 英 [ˈkʌmdaʊn]   美 [ˈkʌmˌdaʊn]

comedown

comedown  英 [ˈkʌmdaʊn] 美 [ˈkʌmˌdaʊn]

n. 衰落;落魄;丧失 

名词复数:comedowns 

That's quite a comedown since May, when one HP exec predicted that the TouchPad would eventually overtake Apple's iPad (AAPL). 简直是太落魄了。 五月份的时候,惠普高管还放出豪言,TouchPad最终将超越苹果(Apple)iPad。
After a week on the Maharajas' Express, India's new luxury train, the 7.57 from Stoneleigh to Clapham Junction was a bit of a comedown. 在印度全新的豪华列车马哈拉贾号快车上度过一个星期之后,我们在7:57分从斯通莱到达克兰罕姆车站之后,感觉有点落魄。

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  • n. 衰落;落魄;丧失
  • 1. That's quite a comedown since May, when one HP exec predicted that the TouchPad would eventually overtake Apple's iPad (AAPL).

    简直是太落魄了。 五月份的时候,惠普高管还放出豪言,TouchPad最终将超越苹果(Apple)iPad。

  • 2. After a week on the Maharajas' Express, India's new luxury train, the 7.57 from Stoneleigh to Clapham Junction was a bit of a comedown.

    在印度全新的豪华列车马哈拉贾号快车上度过一个星期之后,我们在7:57分从斯通莱到达克兰罕姆车站之后,感觉有点落魄。

  • 3. Otherwise we may end up having to import teachers from India or Korea, and being outclassed by those nations in frontier technology – a shameful comedown, and an economic calamity.

    否则我们就应该停止从印度或韩国引进教师,被那些拥有尖端科技的国家超越——那可是一种令人羞耻的衰落,和一种经济的灾难。

come·down / ˈkʌmdaʊn ; NAmE ˈkʌmdaʊn / noun [usually singular ] ( informal) a situation in which a person is not as important as before, or does not get as much respect from other people 失势;落泊;潦倒 comedown comedowns come·down / ˈkʌmdaʊn ; NAmE ˈkʌmdaʊn /
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