黄油|有关up和down的俚语,butter up和黄油可没关系!( 三 )


Wait till he cools down, and then apologize to him.
等他冷静下来 , 然后向他道歉 。
dress down = to scold
盛装训斥
Jessica was just dressing down the employees.
杰西卡只是敷衍员工 。
dumb down = to convey something in simple words
用简单的语言表达某物
She couldn’t understand the teacher, so he had to dumb down the explanation for her.
她听不懂老师的话 , 所以他只好把解释给她听 。
flag down = to get someone’s attention
引起某人的注意
You really have to flag down; otherwise, she won’t even look at you.
你真的要退缩 , 否则她甚至不会看你 。
go down = to change from greater value to lesser
从较大值变为较小值
The prices really went down this month.
这个月物价真的下跌了 。
hands down = easily, without too much effort
容易 , 不需要太多的努力
He finished the test in 10 minutes hands down.
他在10分钟内亲手完成了测试 。
hunt down = to find with difficulty
很难找到
It was hard to hunt down all the suspects.
很难找到所有的嫌疑犯 。
jot down = to make a note
记下
Can you jot down the main ideas from the meeting, please?
请你把会议的主要想法记下来好吗?
keep down = to stay quiet
保持安静
Jack, can you keep it down, we are trying to sleep?
杰克 , 你能不能小声点 , 我们在睡觉?
man down = to lose courage
失去勇气
You cannot man down when it comes to you family.
当涉及到你的家庭时 , 你不能屈服 。
I cannot understand your main idea, can you narrow it down, please?
我不能理解你的主要想法 , 请你缩小范围好吗?
settle down = to establish a lifestyle, to marry
安定下来
Julie and Jack finally settled down.
朱莉和杰克终于安顿下来了 。
shut down = to end, to close
关闭
We have to shut down the party, because it’s getting late.
我们得把聚会关掉 , 因为天要晚了 。
turn down = to refuse, to decline
拒绝
Unfortunately, they turned down our offer.
【黄油|有关up和down的俚语,butter up和黄油可没关系!】不幸的是 , 他们拒绝了我们的报价 。

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