令人扫兴 [
lìng rén sǎo xìng]
spoil one's pleasure
take all the fun out of it
- 这个夏天的天气一直是令人扫兴的。
The weather this summer has been disappointing. - 他们这伙人在办公室里非常开心,只是老板本人有点令人扫兴。
They are a very happy crowd in their office, but the boss himself is a bit of a blot on the landscape. - 尽管宇航员们抗议说月球本身是个令人扫兴的地方,可是倘若有机会,我们之中又有谁不想去月球呢?
Yet despite the astronauts' protestations that the Moon itself was a letdown, which of us, given the chance, wouldn't want to go there?