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

• I will go to bed, would you turn down the tv?
  我想睡觉，你能将电视的音量调小些吗？
• He kept turning the central heating down
  他不断调低中央暖气的温度。
• A.Could I possibly ask you to turn down the volume on your TV?
  我能不能请你把你的电视音量开小一些？
• 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。
• Turn down the music. It's too loud.
  关小音乐，太吵了。
• I had to turn down a job offer from a theater because the pay was too low.
  我不得不拒尽剧院给我的工作，由于报酬太低了。
• You thought I couldn't turn down debra, right?
  你以为我不能拒绝黛布拉，对吗？
• She turn down every offer of help.
  别人提出的帮助他都拒绝了。
• 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。
• A: Do you think I should turn down his offer?
  你认为我应该拒绝他的报价吗？