turn down

释义

减少，关小; 拒绝; 驳回; 顶回去

实用场景例句

I learned long ago to avoid these invitations.

我很早就学会怎样躲开这种邀请了。

柯林斯例句

I think we should go round and tell Kevin to turn his music down.

我觉得我们应该去凯文家让他把音乐的声音调小一些。

柯林斯例句

He didn't have the heart to [ couldn't bear to ] turn down their request.

他不 忍心 拒绝他们的要求.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He did his best this week to stonewall questions and to block even the most modest proposals.

他这周竭力避免作出明确答复，甚至连一些最温和的建议都企图阻拦。

柯林斯例句

He'd turn down even men better placed than you.

比你高着一等的人物都不行.

汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.

我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。

辞典例句

Linda, turn down the record player. I'm trying to read.

琳达, 把电唱机关小声点, 我想看书.

辞典例句

To check this, we turn down the threshold level.

为了检验这一点, 我们把阀值调低.

辞典例句

If both New York and Ohio turn down the Amendment tonight, it will be dead.

如果纽约州和俄亥俄州今晚推翻了这条修正案, 那就全完了.

辞典例句

I saw him absent - mindedly turn down the belt of his trousers and search for some guests.

我看见他 心不在焉 地松下了裤带,搜寻着什么寄生物.

辞典例句

Could you turn down the car radio?

你可以把车里的收音机音量关小点 吗 ?

口语例句

I think you are under an obligation not to turn down his offer.

我认为您不能拒绝他的提议.

英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

Would you be so kind as to turn down the radio? I am writing a letter.

劳驾你把收音机调小声一点好 吗 ?我在写信.

英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

Turn down the radio. That music is driving me nuts.

把收音机关小点声. 那音乐快叫我发疯了.

互联网

Would you turn down volume of your radio please?

请你把收音机音量调低一点好 吗 ?

互联网

英英释义

Verb

1. refuse to accept;

"He refused my offer of hospitality"

2. refuse entrance or membership;

"They turned away hundreds of fans"

"Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

3. reject with contempt;

"She spurned his advances"

4. take a downward direction;

"The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

5. make lower or quieter;

"turn down the volume of a radio"