turn down 详细解释

turn down

['tə:ndaun]

v.调低, 关小, 拒绝

拒绝

His proposal was turned down.

他的提议被拒绝了。

词义辨析

同义参见:

soften  

英英释义

名词 turn down:

the act of refusing an offer

同义词:nonacceptance, turndown

动词 turn down:

refuse to accept

同义词:refuse, reject, pass up, decline

refuse entrance or membership

同义词:reject, turn away, refuse

reject with contempt

同义词:reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain

take a downward direction

make lower or quieter

同义词:lower, lour

补充

turn downturn down1.减少; 关小The housing sales have been turning down since the summer.入夏以来, 房屋的销售量日趋减少。If you are hot you can turn the heater down.如果你觉得热, 你可以把暖气拧小。The theatre lights were turned down.舞台灯光暗淡下来。2.拒绝We have turned down four applicants already.我们已拒绝了四位申请者。His request for a rise was turned down.他要求加薪, 被拒绝了。

例句

1. 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? 2. He proposed to her but she turned him down.他向她求婚, 但是她回绝了。 3. Turn the sound down.把声音调低。 4. Shall I turn the heating down?我要不要把暖气关小一点儿? 5. I turned down the top corner of the page to mark my place.我把那页上角折下来记下了位置。 6. The corners of his mouth turned down.他的嘴角向下耷拉。 7. We turned down the narrow passage between the houses.我们拐进了房屋之间的狭窄通道。 8. Some impractical suggestions were turned down by the committee.一些不切实际的建议被委员会驳回了。 9. Why did he turn down the invitation?他为什么拒绝了邀请? 10. Please turn down the gas.请把煤气调小一些。 11. Would you turn down your radio a little?把收音机关小一点好吗? 12. The boy turned down his collar.男孩把衣领翻了下来。 13. He turned down the corner of the page to mark his place.他向下折起书角来表示读到的地方。 14. to turn down a card面朝下放纸牌 15. They turned down a quiet street.他们拐进了一条僻静的街道。 16. The economy has been turning down since last month.自上个月经济就一直在衰退。 17. Please turn down the heat.请把暖气调低点儿。 18. The lights in the restaurant were turned down low.餐厅的灯光调得很暗。 19. He turned the volume down on the TV. = He turned down the TV.他把电视机的音量调小了。 20. Turn the oven down to 325 degrees.把烤箱的温度调低到325度。 21. She turned down the bedsheets.她把被单折了过来。 22. He turned down the corner of the page.他把那一页折了个角。 23. She turned the offer down.她拒绝了那份好意。 24. They turned down our invitation.他们婉言谢绝了我们的邀请。 25. "I asked her out , but she turned me down."我约她出去,可是她婉拒了我。