词汇 | lower-sights |
释义 | lower your sightsidiom to accept that you will only be able to get something less than you hoped for: 降低要求,退而求其次 He had hoped to become a doctor, but he had to lower his sights after his disappointing exam results.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。 Humiliating and degrading abase abasement be under a cloudidiom bring/take someone down a peg (or two)idiom bruise someone's egoidiom disgraced dishonour dishonourable dishonourably doghouse ignoble ignobly ignominious ignominiously ignominy shoddily shoddiness shoddy stoop stoop to something |
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