deep down

a) CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYif you know or feel something deep down, you secretly know or feel it even though you do not admit it 心底，内心

He knew, deep down, that he would have to apologise.

他心里知道得去道个歉。

b) TRUEif someone is good, evil etc deep down, that is what they are really like even though they usually hide it 本质上，实际上

Deep down, she is a caring person.

她本质上是个宅心仁厚的人。

Examples from the Corpus

deep down• Yeah, sometimes he can be really nice and polite but, I tell you, deep down he's an animal!• He pretends he doesn't care, but deep down I know he's very upset.• I regret my divorce, because deep down I'm a very old-fashioned woman.• I kept pushing the team, but deep down I think I knew we wouldn't win.• Deep down, I think she's really very ambitious.• I always believed deep down that things would get better.

→ deep down at deep2(1)

单词	deep down
释义	deep down deep down a) CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYif you know or feel something deep down, you secretly know or feel it even though you do not admit it 心底，内心 He knew, deep down, that he would have to apologise. 他心里知道得去道个歉。 b) TRUEif someone is good, evil etc deep down, that is what they are really like even though they usually hide it 本质上，实际上 Deep down, she is a caring person. 她本质上是个宅心仁厚的人。 Examples from the Corpus deep down• Yeah, sometimes he can be really nice and polite but, I tell you, deep down he's an animal!• He pretends he doesn't care, but deep down I know he's very upset.• I regret my divorce, because deep down I'm a very old-fashioned woman.• I kept pushing the team, but deep down I think I knew we wouldn't win.• Deep down, I think she's really very ambitious.• I always believed deep down that things would get better. → deep down at deep2(1)
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