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Definition of let-down in English: let-downnoun ˈlɛtdaʊn 1A disappointment. 失望 the election was a bit of a let-down 选举有点儿令人失望。 Example sentencesExamples - The variable pricing and patchy selection are the service's big let-downs, and the legality of what you get is the only up-side of the service that I could find.
- She scored all of her points off leg attacks, and except for a little let-down in the second round, she was just dominant.
- I think the team should be cautious of a let-down after such a disappointing seeding.
- Movie adaptations of comic books are always a let-down and trailers these days are front-loaded with all the best bits to lure gullible moviegoers to the multiplexes.
- The cover is a bit of a let-down, but this album is worth giving the benefit of the doubt to.
- It's a big let-down for people who have had to put up with the inconvenience, the noise and the roadworks and what if it's put off again until the spring?
- It's like having a conjuring trick explained, interesting and a bit of a let-down: there is no magic, you find, only great skill and infinite care.
- I think it is one of Bradford's biggest let-downs and I don't just mean people dropping the odd crisp packet or cola can.
- This one took me a while to get into, because I liked its opening track so intensely that the rest of the album initially felt like a let-down.
- Considering the artful subtlety found elsewhere, this is a let-down, stripping the film of any resonance with the issues at hand.
- The punchline feels less like a revelation than a let-down.
- Market day in Kendal was a bit of a let-down for one trader last week.
- It's a terrible let-down when someone goes and behaves like this.
- We quickly discovered that the TV experience of which we were being so perversely deprived was a bit of a let-down.
- After these pranks, the second volume, covering the war years and their aftermath, was rather a let-down.
- The one dramatic moment in the film, when Wayne tries to escape from his captors, is a let-down, and it doesn't last nearly as long as one would hope.
- From the passengers' point of view, after all the continental excitement, it's a bit of a let-down.
- It was a bit of a let-down that the game on the Saturday was called off because I was really up for that, but they have promised to watch me at the start of next season.
- Invariably, it's a let-down because most things are not very good.
- It's too bad that the conclusion, despite retaining a sense of unpredictability, is a let-down.
Synonyms disappointment, disillusionment, anticlimax, comedown, non-success, non-event, fiasco, setback, frustration, blow 2mass noun The release of milk in a nursing mother or lactating animal as a reflex response to suckling or massage. 泌乳（妇女哺乳时由授乳动作产生的生理反应，或母兽放乳时因受按摩而产生的生理反应） in order to aid let-down do not feed at this time Example sentencesExamples - It is known that oxytocin is important for milk let-down, but its physiologic release is pulsatile in nature.
- When the baby touches the breast a hormone called oxytocin is released, beginning a process known as milk let-down or ejection reflex.
3Aeronautics
The descent of an aircraft or spacecraft prior to landing. 〔航空〕（飞行器或航天飞机着陆前的）下降 you might well commence a let-down miles away Example sentencesExamples - The rest of the flight, except for the extremely gentle let-down, was normal.
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