let down

失望させる、期待を裏切る

相手が望んだことや期待したことをせず、がっかりさせる。

やさしい英語で： To disappoint someone by failing to do what they hoped or expected.

• Please do not let me down.
• He let the team down by arriving late.
• Have we ever let you down before?

使い方： let someone down (I am sorry I let you down.)

類義語： disappoint, fail

よく使う表現： let someone down, let the team down

下ろす

人や物がより低い位置へ移るようにする。

やさしい英語で： To allow someone or something to move to a lower position.

• Let down the ladder, please.
• She let her hair down before washing it.
• They let the bucket down into the well.

使い方： let something down (She let the basket down on a rope.)

類義語： lower

反対語： raise

よく使う表現： let down a rope, let down your hair, let down a bucket

丈を伸ばす

服の折り返した裾をほどき、縫い直して丈を長くする。

やさしい英語で： To make clothing longer by opening and sewing its folded lower edge again.

• Can you let down this skirt?
• She let the trousers down as her son grew.
• There is enough cloth to let the hem down.

使い方： let something down (The tailor let the skirt down.)

類義語： lengthen

反対語： take up, shorten

よく使う表現： let down trousers, let down a skirt, let down the hem

力を抜く、気を緩める

以前ほど力を入れて働いたり、努力したりしなくなる。

やさしい英語で： To work less hard or stop trying as hard as before.

• Do not let down before the finish.
• The team let down once they were ahead.
• We cannot afford to let down during the final week.

類義語： ease off, slacken

よく使う表現： let down slightly, let down halfway

焼き戻す

硬くした金属を加熱し、硬さを下げて折れにくくする。

やさしい英語で： To heat hardened metal so that it becomes less hard and breaks less easily.

• Heat can let down hardened steel.
• The smith let the blade down after hardening it.
• These tools must be let down to reduce their brittleness.

使い方： let something down (The smith let the hardened steel down.)

類義語： temper

反対語： harden

よく使う表現： let down steel, let down tools

薄める、希釈する

普通は別の液体を加えて、濃い液体をさらさらにする。

やさしい英語で： To make a thick liquid thinner, usually by adding another liquid.

• You can let down this paint.
• She let the varnish down with a suitable solvent.
• The mixture needs letting down before we spray it.

使い方： let something down with something (Let the paint down with a little water.)

類義語： thin, dilute

反対語： thicken

よく使う表現： let down paint, let down varnish