N-VAR 令人失望的事;失望;沮丧 A let-down is a disappointment that you suffer, usually because something has not happened in the way in which you expected it to happen. 令人失望的事;失望;沮丧
The flat was really very nice, but compared with what we'd been used to, it was a terrible let-down.
这套公寓真的很不错,但比起我们以往住的地方,那就差太远了。
The sense of let-down today is all the greater because in the past doctors have been over-confident about these treatments.