nail down 详细解释

nail down

用钉子钉住, 确定

1. 用钉子固定

She nailed down the corners of the carpet.

他用钉子把地毯的四角固定住。

2. 确定

It took the negotiators ten hours to nail down a deal.

参加协商的人花了十个小时才敲定一桩生意。

We should sign a contract with them to nail down their agreement.

我们应该与他们签订合同, 把协议确定下来。

词形变化

名词: nailer | 动词过去式: nailed | 动词过去分词: nailed | 动词现在分词: nailing | 动词第三人称单数: nails |

英英释义

动词 nail down:

succeed in obtaining a position

同义词:nail, peg

define clearly

同义词:pin down, peg down, narrow down, narrow, specify

make final; put the last touches on; put into final form

同义词:finalize, finalise, settle

补充

nail downnail down1.用钉子钉住(某物)Will you nail down that loose board in the floor?请把那块松动的地板钉牢好吗?I can't get this lid off—it seems to be nailed down.我打不开这个盖子, 好像是被钉住了。2.迫使(某人)作出决定, 讲明意图〔采取行动〕See if you can nail the chairman down to an exact date.看你能不能迫使主席把准确日期定下来。I never nail her down to anything.我从不想让她明白地说出她打算做的任何事。We shall have to nail him down to his promise.我们将不得不迫使他履行自己的诺言。

例句

1. Lay strips of 4mm plywood over the mesh and nail these down.在网子上铺上4毫米厚的胶合板条, 并用钉子钉牢。 2. There's something odd about him but I can't nail it down.他有些古怪, 但我说不清是什么。 3. Could you nail down the source of this tension?你能弄清造成这一紧张局势的原因吗? 4. We need witnesses who can nail down the time of the robbery.我们需要能够确定抢劫时间的目击证人。 5. He is trying to nail down a missile-reduction agreement with his Russian counterpart.他正试图与俄罗斯的同级官员敲定一项削减导弹的协议。 6. The police broke up the window nailed down and rescued the boy from the fire.警察打碎了用钉子钉死的窗子,救出了大火中的男孩。 7. All of his answers didn't nail me down.他根本就没对我的提问做出明确回答。 8. The police at last nailed down the traffic accident.最后,警方就那次交通事故做出了确切的说明。 9. I mentioned him to nail down his promise.我提醒他,叫他遵守自己的诺言。 10. They need to score another touchdown to nail down the victory.他们需要再来一个达阵才能稳操胜券。 11. Her doctors haven't yet been able to nail down a diagnosis.她的医生还不能确诊。 12. They're trying to nail down the cause of our network problems.他们正在努力查明我们网络故障的原因。 13. nail down a decision明确地做出决定