turn down

英 [tɜːn daʊn]

美 [tɜːrn daʊn]

拒绝（某人或其请求、提议等）; 关小; 调低

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 拒绝(某人或其请求、提议等)
  If youturn downa person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer.
  1. Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down...
     在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她。
  2. I thanked him for the offer but turned it down…
     我谢绝了他的提议。
  3. Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine?
     给你 700 万美元要你裸体登上杂志，你会拒绝吗？
• PHRASAL VERB 关小;调低
  When youturn downa radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls.
  1. He kept turning the central heating down...
     他不断调低中央暖气的温度。
  2. She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.
     她受不了没完没了的音乐，就把音量调小了。
• PHRASAL VERB （比率）减少;（水平）降低
  If the rate or level of somethingturns down, it decreases.
  1. The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.
     20 世纪 50 年代离婚率下降了。

in AM, use 美国英语用 fall

英英释义

verb

• make lower or quieter
  1. turn down the volume of a radio
  Synonym:lowerlour
• take a downward direction
  1. The economy finally turned down after a long boom
• reject with contempt
  1. She spurned his advances
  Synonym:rejectspurnfreeze offscornpooh-poohdisdain
• refuse to accept
  1. He refused my offer of hospitality
  Synonym:refuserejectpass updecline
• refuse entrance or membership
  1. They turned away hundreds of fans
  2. Black people were often rejected by country clubs
  Synonym:rejectturn awayrefuse

双语例句

• 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。
• We might turn down the project.
  我们可以拒绝这项方案。
• That's very good. I once turn down a job offer just because the office is awful.
  非常好。我曾经因为办公室太糟糕而拒绝了一份工作。
• Would you turn down$ 7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine?
  给你700万美元要你裸体登上杂志，你会拒绝吗？
• I can't conceive why they turn down your proposal.
  我难以想象，他们为什么要拒绝你们的建议。
• I had to turn down the brightness on my TV, but it looked fine then.
  我只得调低了电视机的亮度，然后画面看起来就很好了。
• You are considerate to turn down your radio when I am sleeping.
  我睡觉的时候你关小收音机，考虑真是周到。
• The projects you turn down say more about you as a professional than the work you accept.
  与你接受的工作相比，被你拒绝的工作会让你更专业。
• She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.
  她受不了没完没了的音乐，就把音量调小了。
• I turn down the offer.
  我拒绝了那个提议。