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 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。
• I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down
  我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。
• Most developers reserve the right to turn down a property they think is virtually unsaleable.
  大多数开发商会保留权利，拒绝接手他们认为基本没可能卖出去的地产。
• I thanked him for the offer but turned it down
  我谢绝了他的提议。
• 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 turn down the offer.
  我拒绝了那个提议。
• Turn down the music. It's too loud.
  关小音乐，太吵了。
• He'll leave if you turn down the lights.
  你把灯光调暗他就会走了。
• I can't conceive why they turn down your proposal.
  我难以想象，他们为什么要拒绝你们的建议。
• To check this, we turn down the threshold level.
  为了检验这一点，我们把阀值调低。