turn down

英 [tɜːn daʊn] 美 [tɜːrn daʊn]

• v. 调低；关小；拒绝

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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Turn the heat down or your cake will burn.
   把热度调低吧,要不蛋糕就要糊了。
2. Please turn the radio down a bit.
   请把收音机关小点。
3. She petitioned her neighbor to turn down the radio.
   她请求邻居把收音机关小点声。
4. I turn down the offer.
   我拒绝那个提议。
5. The board turn down all approach on the subject of merger.
   董事长拒绝了有关合并事宜的任何协商。
6. She turned down every offer of help.
   别人提出的帮助他都拒绝了。

词汇搭配

• turn down the thumb 贬低
• turn down a bed 把床罩掀开一部分...
• turn thumbs down 表示反对(贬低)...
• turn down 调低
• turn upside down 倒置
• turn someone down cold 断然拒绝某人...

近反义词

【近义词】

• soften (使)变柔和
• reject 拒绝
• refuse 拒绝
• spurn 轻蔑地拒绝
• scorn 轻蔑
• lour 皱眉头
• disdain 轻蔑
• freeze off 疏远
• decline 下降
• lower 低的
• turn away 把 ... 打发走...
• pass up 放弃
• pooh-pooh 表示轻蔑或不耐烦...