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 phrasesHumiliating 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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