talk down
英 [tɔːk daʊn]
美 [tɔːk daʊn]
(紧急情况下)引导(飞行员)安全降落; 贬低; 贬损
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB (紧急情况下)引导(飞行员)安全降落
Totalk downsomeone who is flying an aircraft in an emergency means to give them instructions so that they can land safely.- The pilot began to talk him down by giving instructions over the radio.
引航员开始通过无线电发出指令引导他安全着陆。
- The pilot began to talk him down by giving instructions over the radio.
- PHRASAL VERB 贬低;贬损
If someonetalks downa particular thing, they make it less interesting, valuable, or likely than it originally seemed.- They even blame the government for talking down the nation's fourth biggest industry...
他们甚至指责政府贬低该国的第四大产业。 - Businessmen are tired of politicians talking the economy down.
商人厌烦政客们贬低经济的重要性。
- They even blame the government for talking down the nation's fourth biggest industry...
- PHRASAL VERB 说服(或劝服)…降低要价
Totalksomeonedownin negotiations means to persuade them to accept less money than they originally asked for.- We talked them down and struck a deal...
我们说服他们降了价,成交了。 - When he makes you an offer, you send me in and I'll talk him down another thousand...
他向你报完价后,你让我进去,我再给他砍掉1, 000。 - This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
这就使得首相和他的前任们一样,急于削减工资。
- We talked them down and struck a deal...
英英释义
verb
- direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
- the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill
- belittle through talk
- speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
- He talks down to her
双语例句
- However, it is not clear whether the measures are an effort to talk down potential price rises or a more serious effort to force producers and retailers to forestall increases in line with government demands.
不过,这些举措是试图唱衰潜在的价格上涨,还是一种更为认真的努力,以迫使生产商和零售商根据政府要求避免提价,目前尚不清楚。 - Nonetheless, it reflects a strong tendency in American academia to talk down the rise of China and to stress the enduring strengths of the US system.
不过,它反映出美国学术界的一个明显倾向,即他们往往喜欢贬低中国的增长,强调美国体制的长期优势。 - Akibo: I bet I can talk him down.
阿奇伯:我赌能让他招架不住。 - Don't talk down to me, chloe.
别对我用这种口气说话,克洛伊。 - The best way to regulate such liquidity flows, she says, is not to talk down the market or try to cool demand by introducing a capital gains tax, but to raise interest rates so that the return on bank deposits becomes more attractive.
她认为,对这些资金流进行监管的最佳办法,不是唱衰市场,也不是通过资本利得税来遏制需求,而应该提高利率,这样,银行存款的回报率才会变得更加诱人。 - Adults often talk down to children.
大人们常用居高临下的口吻对孩子们讲话。 - They talk down to us, as I'm sure the Teir'Dal do in Freeport about their half-elves.
而且我肯定自由港的泰尔达们对那些半精灵也一样! - The peace talk broke down without any agreement being reached.
和平谈判破局了,没有达成任何协议。 - Such an eloquent man will easily talk us down.
这样一个有口才的人很容易把我们驳得无话说。 - When he makes you an offer, you send me in and I'll talk him down another thousand
他向你报完价后,你让我进去,我再给他砍掉1,000。