每天三分鐘學英語 第481期:英文"讓人失望"怎麼說?

Disappoint
使人失望

I hated to disappoint her.
我不喜歡讓她失望。

He disappointed me.
他讓我失望了。

Let someone down
使某人失望

He let me down.
他讓我失望了。

I let everybody down.
我讓每個人都失望了。

I know it's silly, but I feel like everyone lets me down when I really need help.
我知道這很傻，但是我覺得當我需要幫助的時候每個人都讓我失望了。

Fail someone
使某人失望

I'm sorry. I failed you.
很對不起，我讓你失望了。

I failed the company by losing our biggest client.
我失去了公司最大的客戶，我讓公司失望了。

You failed her by not being there when she needed you the most.
你在她最需要你的時候不在她身邊，這讓她對你失望了。

Not live up to someone's expectations
沒有某人期待的那麼好

I didn't live up to my dad's/parents expectations.
我沒有達到我爸爸/父母的期望。

Fall short of something
沒有達到需要/期待

One or two songs on the album are interesting, but most fall short of the mark.
這張專輯裏有一兩首歌還挺有意思的，但是大多數歌不夠好。

He would sack any of his staff who fell short of his high standards.
他會開除任何沒有達到他的高標準的員工。

Fall somewhat short of someone's ideals.
達不到某人的理想

In appearance, she fell somewhat short of his ideals.
看外表的話，她有些達不到他理想女友的標準。