Letdown

    失望

    伦纳德在周一的NBA常规赛中独得全队最高的25分，帮助圣安东尼奥马刺队以103：74大胜克利夫兰骑士队。请看本报昨日的报道：

    Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs dismantled the ailing Cleveland Cavaliers 103-74 Monday night in a showdown that turned into a major letdown for Cleveland.

    "The way we've been struggling, (the Spurs are) the last team that you want to play," said LeBron James, who was fine after taking an elbow to the neck. "A well-oiled machine like this. They exploit everything that you're not doing well at that point in time of the season and right now we're not playing good basketball."

    报道中的letdown就是“失望”或者“令人失望的事物”，动词词组let someone down就是“令某人失望”。例如：

    The ending of the book was a real letdown.

    这本书的结尾确实是败笔。