turn down

/ tɜːn daʊn /
/ tɜːrn daʊn /

释义

phrase. 调低;关小;拒绝

自然拼读

美式发音
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例句

After she was gone Mary turned down the walk which led to the door in the shrubbery.

她走后,玛丽走上了通往灌木丛里那扇门的小路。

The opportunity was just too good to turn down.

这个机会好到令人无法拒绝。

We get distracted before we can turn down the heating.

在把暖气关小之前我们就分心了。

Who could turn down an innocent fourth grader?

谁能拒绝一个天真无邪的四年级学生呢?

After surveying every option, a person is more acutely aware of the opportunities they had to turn down to pursue just one career.

在调查了每一种选择之后,一个人会更加敏锐地意识到,为了追求一种职业,他们不得不放弃一些机会。

They can turn down applications from scientists they believe will work against their interests, or research projects that will impinge too much on their daily lives and traditional activities.

他们可以拒绝他们认为会与自己利益相悖的科学家的申请,或者对他们的日常生活和传统活动影响太大的研究项目。

And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards, privacy economist Alessandro Acquits has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon.

很少有人会拒绝超市的会员卡,隐私经济学家亚历山德罗·奎西斯进行了一系列测试,结果显示,人们会只为了得到一张少得可怜的50美分优惠券交出社会保险号等个人信息。

Usually I turn down anyone who seems too eager, but his hotel was right there and I was in no mood to start cycling round looking for anywhere else.

我通常会拒绝那些看起来过于热心的人,但他住的旅馆就在那里,我没有心情骑车到处找其他地方。

He kept turning the central heating down.

他不断地调低中央暖气系统的温度。

She had to turn down the offer.

她不得不拒绝这个提议。

词组

turndown ratio

调节比;极限负荷比

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