cast down

cast down
vt. sep.
1. to cast your eyes downorto cast down your eyes 垂下(目光)
- He cast down his eyes in seeming respect. 他看似恭敬地垂下了目光。
2. <文> (be discouraged)
to be cast down 感到灰心；感到沮丧
- Alfred was never cast down by ill luck. 艾尔弗雷德从来没有因为运气不好而灰心。
3. <文> (put down, throw down)
to cast sth downorto cast down sth
[+ object, weapon] 放下；丢下
- When I bade him yield he cast down his sword and made himself my slave. 我命令他投降, 于是他丢下剑, 成为我的奴隶。
4. <文> (destroy)
to cast sb/sth down or to cast down sb/sth 毁灭；彻底破坏；摧毁
- Everything of which the British used to be proud is cast down and vilified. 英国人曾引以为荣的一切都遭到了破坏和诋毁。

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cast down
adj.
Discouraged; sad; unhappy. — Used less often than the reverse form, downcast. 沮丧的；伤心的；垂头丧气的。——不及downcast常用。
- Mary was cast down at the news of her uncle's death. 玛丽听到叔叔去世的消息很伤心。

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cast down
1. demoralize; discourage; be lower in spirits 沮丧；泄气；气馁（常用于被动结构或作表语）
- The proud will be cast down. 骄者必败。
- In making scientific experiments, we should not be cast down by temporary setbacks. 进行科学实验时，我们不要因暂时挫折而垂头丧气。
- She was cast down at the news of her aunt's death. 听到她姑妈去世的消息，她情绪很低。
2. throw down; lower 放低；使放下
- She cast her eyes down shyly. 她羞怯地垂下目光。

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cast down
vt. 扔掉，使沮丧，推翻

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cast down
抛下, 丢下
- The enemy cast down their weapons. 敌人扔掉武器。
降低, 使向下
- The little girl cast her eyes down in shame. 那个小女孩害羞地垂下目光。
使沮丧
- He was cast down by the sad news. 这悲伤的消息使他情绪低落。

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cast down
动词 to make (a person) discouraged or dejected 使(人)气馁沮丧

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