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英语单词“lower your sights”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 lower your sights 释义

loweryoursights

idiomtoacceptthat you will only beableto get something less than youhopedfor:降低要求,退而求其次He hadhopedtobecomeadoctor, but he had tolowerhissightsafter hisdisappointingexamresults.他原希望成为一名医生,但令人失望的考试成绩迫使他降低目标。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humiliating and degrading
  • abase
  • abasement
  • be under a cloudidiom
  • bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
  • bruisesomeone'segoidiom
  • debase
  • deflate
  • disgraced
  • dishonour
  • dishonourable
  • doghouse
  • exhibition
  • ignominious
  • ignominiously
  • ignominy
  • in the doghouseidiom
  • indignity
  • stoop
  • stoop tosomething
  • undignified
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